Changing Print Priority

The print queue lists the documents that are waiting to be printed and information about those documents such as the printing priority. You can change the printing priority, but first you must have the Manage Documents permission. Changing the order in which documents print will not affect a document that’s currently being printed.

To change the printing priority:

1.    Click the Start button, and click Control Panel.

2.	In Control Panel, click Printers and Other Hardware.

3.	In Printers and Other Hardware, click Printers and Faxes.

4.	In Printers and Faxes, double-click the icon for the printer you’re using.

5.	In the print queue, right-click the document that you want to move in the print order, and then click Properties on the shortcut menu.

6.	On the General tab, drag the Priority slider to raise or lower the document priority. The higher the number, the higher the priority.

7.	Click OK.

After you click OK, the documents will print in the order you’ve specified, regardless of whether or not the changes are reflected in the print queue. A document with a higher priority number will always print sooner than a document with a lower priority number.

Note: You can also view the print queue by clicking the printer icon in the notification area of the Windows taskbar.