{"id":18608,"date":"2022-06-24T05:10:29","date_gmt":"2022-06-24T05:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=18608"},"modified":"2022-06-24T05:12:49","modified_gmt":"2022-06-24T05:12:49","slug":"create-a-printer-shortcut-on-windows-desktop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/create-a-printer-shortcut-on-windows-desktop\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Create a Printer Shortcut on Windows 11 \/ 10 Desktop"},"content":{"rendered":"

How can I create a desktop shortcut for my printer? If you need to use printer frequently, it’s advisable to put a printer shortcut on the desktop so you can see the pending jobs with ease. In this tutorial we’ll show you 2 methods to create a printer shortcut on Windows 11 \/ 10 desktop.<\/p>\n

Method 1: Create a Printer Shortcut on Windows 11 \/ 10 from Control Panel<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Open the Control Panel<\/a> in Large icons<\/strong> view, and then click the “Devices and Printers<\/strong>” category.\n

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  2. Right-click on your desired printer in the list, and then choose Create shortcut<\/strong> from the pop-up menu.\n

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  3. A pop-up dialog will open and ask whether you want to place the printer shortcut on the desktop. Click Yes<\/strong> to confirm.\n

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  4. This will immediately add a printer shortcut to your desktop.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Method 2: Create a Printer Shortcut on Windows 11 \/ 10 from Desktop<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. Right-click the blank area on your desktop and then choose New<\/strong> -> Shortcut<\/strong>.\n

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    2. Enter the following in the shortcut location bar, and click Next<\/strong>. Make sure you replace printer_name<\/code> with the actual name of your printer.
      \nrundll32.exe printui.dll,PrintUIEntry \/o \/n \"printer_name\"<\/code><\/p>\n

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    3. Give a meaningful name to the shortcut and click Finish<\/strong>.\n

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    4. Now, you have successfully created a printer shortcut on the desktop. If you want to change the shortcut icon and make it recognizable at a glance, right-click your printer shortcut and select Properties<\/strong>. Click the Change Icon<\/strong> button and choose a printer icon from the SHELL32.dll icon folder.\n

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      That’s it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      How can I create a desktop shortcut for my printer? If you need to use printer frequently, it’s advisable to put a printer shortcut on the desktop so you can see the pending jobs with ease. In this tutorial we’ll show you 2 methods to create a printer shortcut on Windows 11 \/ 10 desktop. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10,4713],"tags":[4952,4950,4951],"class_list":["post-18608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-others","category-tips-tricks","category-windows-11","tag-create-a-printer-shortcut-on-desktop-windows-11","tag-create-printer-shortcut-windows-10","tag-create-printer-shortcut-windows-11"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18608"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18622,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18608\/revisions\/18622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}