How does one set the "current printer" in LabVIEW?

[BVSmith]

The PrintPanel method for a VI says it will print to the "current printer".  How does one set this?

In Windows, all applications start with the default printer and the user can change that to be the "current printer",

but it is different in each application.

LabVIEW doesn't seem to have any way to set the current printer so what does it use?

And why can't the method take an optional printer name anyway?

[smercurio_fc · Accepted solution]

I believe you are looking for the Printing:Default Printer property for the Application class.

[BVSmith]

Yes, indeed that is what I wanted.  The problem was that I searched for "current printer" in the LabVIEW help and nothing came up about how to set that.  If they had used the term "default printer" for the PrintPanel method that would have given me a clue 🙂

Thanks for the answer.

[jcarmody]

I like the way the emoticon snuck into the property name. 😄

[smercurio_fc]

Oh, yeah. Forgot about that little annoyance. I turned off those short-version emoticons in my preferences once the new emoticons were provided.