

There are all the ways that you can change the name of your printer.If you have a USB printer, which doesn’t feature Wi-Fi or Ethernet network connectivity, Windows 10 makes it super easy to turn your computer into a print server by letting you share your USB printer in the network for everyone to access it with just a few click. You’ll be taken to the same screen where you’ll see the name of the printer and you can change it. On the menu, select “Printer properties.”Ĥ. Right click on the printer and a menu will appear. When you open the Control Panel, you’ll need to go to the “Hardware and Sound” section and click on the option beneath it that says “View Devices and Printers.”ģ.

You can do this by typing this into the search bar on your toolbar.Ģ. Renaming Printer through the Control Panelġ. Tap “OK” at the bottom of the screen and you’re all set. Type in the name that you want the printer to be replaced with.ĩ. Click on the printer name and delete it.Ĩ. At the top of the box, you’ll see the printer name. A box will pop up in the middle of the screen. Click on the option that says “Printer Properties.”ħ. On the “Manage your device” screen, there will be blue text near the bottom of the screen. On the list of options, select the rectangle that’s labeled “Manage.”Ħ. On the right side, you should see a header that says “Printers and Scanners.” Click on the printer that you want to rename and a few options will appear beneath the name of the printer.ĥ. Click on “Printers and Scanner” which is usually the second option on the menu.Ĥ. Once you click on Devices, you’ll see a menu on the left side of the screen in grey. Click on the icon that looks like a keyboard and a speaker at the top of the icon list right beneath the search bar. If the settings app isn’t located on your toolbar, then you can use the search bar on the toolbar to search for the settings app on your device.Ģ. If you’re not happy keeping the name of the printer as the default one assigned, then here’s what you can do to rename it. The default name will have its manufacturer name and the model, but that doesn’t help you know which printer is for completing which tasks. The default name is usually something unfamiliar to you since the vendor assigned it. If you have a Windows device, then Windows 10 assigns the printer’s default name to it. If you own a printer, you probably had to install it on your device.
