Windows Forum

Ask something
Discussion Locked

Default Printer by Hardware Profile

0 helpful
47 replies

by bob.giesen

Closed to new repliesThis discussion is closed. It stays readable, but it takes no new replies.
Does anyone know of a way to set up default printers by hardware profile? For a Laptop user, when docked use a network printer and when undocked, use a local printer attached to the parallel port. For the docked profile, the network printer is setas the default, for the undocked profile, the local printer is the default.

47 replies

by ann777

You cannot do this with hardware profiles.

You can enable or disable hardware ports/configurations. But you cannot get down to the specific drivers that are run with the hardware profiles.

You can however, look into www.netswitcher.com software ($9 / license) and use it to configure settings for each network that you connect to.

by jack republic

first dock the laptop and define the network printer.
than go to hardware profile and copy the profile ,name it "undocked" in properties edit it as undockt state ,than go to printers and remove the network printer and add a local printer.

by jack republic

firs dock the laptop and install the network printer
than go to hardware profile and copy current profile ,name it "undocked" ,and check the undocked state option.
restart the laptop and select undocked in
hardware profile menu .
than go to printers and remove tne network printer ,add
local printer.

by jack republic

firs dock the laptop and install the network printer
than go to hardware profile and copy current profile ,name it "undocked" ,and check the undocked state option.
restart the laptop and select undocked in
hardware profile menu .
than go to printers and remove tne network printer ,add
local printer.

by jack republic

firs dock the laptop and install the network printer
than go to hardware profile and copy current profile ,name it "undocked" ,and check the undocked state option.
restart the laptop and select undocked in
hardware profile menu .
than go to printers and remove tne network printer ,add
local printer.

by jack republic

firs dock the laptop and install the network printer
than go to hardware profile and copy current profile ,name it "undocked" ,and check the undocked state option.
restart the laptop and select undocked in
hardware profile menu .
than go to printers and remove tne network printer ,add
local printer.

by jack republic

firs dock the laptop and install the network printer
than go to hardware profile and copy current profile ,name it "undocked" ,and check the undocked state option.
restart the laptop and select undocked in
hardware profile menu .
than go to printers and remove tne network printer ,add
local printer.

by jack republic

firs dock the laptop and install the network printer
than go to hardware profile and copy current profile ,name it "undocked" ,and check the undocked state option.
restart the laptop and select undocked in
hardware profile menu .
than go to printers and remove tne network printer ,add
local printer.

by jack republic

firs dock the laptop and install the network printer
than go to hardware profile and copy current profile ,name it "undocked" ,and check the undocked state option.
restart the laptop and select undocked in
hardware profile menu .
than go to printers and remove tne network printer ,add
local printer.

by jack republic

firs dock the laptop and install the network printer
than go to hardware profile and copy current profile ,name it "undocked" ,and check the undocked state option.
restart the laptop and select undocked in
hardware profile menu .
than go to printers and remove tne network printer ,add
local printer.

by jack republic

firs dock the laptop and install the network printer
than go to hardware profile and copy current profile ,name it "undocked" ,and check the undocked state option.
restart the laptop and select undocked in
hardware profile menu .
than go to printers and remove tne network printer ,add
local printer.

This discussion is closed to new replies.