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09/01/2017 15:30:12
 
 
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09/01/2017 15:26:06
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Windows
Category:
Printing
Environment versions
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Windows 8.1
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01646426
Message ID:
01646430
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29
>What's probably happening is that Windows thinks the printer you want to be the default is off-line, so it's falling back to the most recent one that appears to be on-line.
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>Probably the best solution is to make sure you have a reliable connection to the printer. With a network printer usually the most reliable way to connect is to give it a static IP address, then on your computer set up a local port to that IP. This avoids any DNS issues with network printers not registering themselves properly.
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>Most network printer driver installers assume the printer is getting its address via DHCP and so it references the printer by its host name. This requires the DNS server to register that hostname to that IP each time the printer boots or reconnects. If the printer's IP address changes (via DHCP) but your workstation is still caching the old value, the printer will appear to be off-line. Assuming DNS is actually OK you can fix that problem at your workstation by manually issuing
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>ipconfig /flushdns
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>You can also check https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/316fd408-4957-43b1-92e3-8dda96dcdded/default-printer-keeps-changing?forum=w7itprogeneral for other ideas.

This one would actually be the one next to me. It is only used by me. The IP address is static. This is wireless.

It is not always online, so that may explains. I usually only start it up to print, which is something I don't do much during these days.

As I do not use this OneNote for printing purposes, I will try to see if I can remove it. I am not sure if this is possible, however, as I need OneNote to remain as a software installed.

If this is linked together, I will just pay more attention to that.

Thanks, as usual, a very detailed technical reply, very appreciated
Michel Fournier
Level Extreme Inc.
Designer, architect, owner of the Level Extreme Platform
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