The default printer in Mac OS X change
If you can determine a default printer, you will save time when the next printing operations. Especially if you use one or more printers in a network, it is useful to set a default printer.
- Open the "system settings". These are usually placed in the Dock. Alternatively, you can also find it via the Spotlight search in the top right.
- Now you select under the heading "Hardware", select "printer & scan".
- On the left are displayed all the well-known printer. Further down in the window you will see the menu for the default printer (see picture). Click on the arrow icons in the button. Then, you will see a list of known printers.
- Select your favorite printer. This is set up as the default printer.

The default printer on the Mac