Documents can be printed directly from their context menu only on the default
printer. However, many offices use several printers; for example, a laser
printer for text output and an ink-jet printer for images and graphics. Here’s
how you can print directly to a specific printer from the ‘Send To’ menu option.



Integrate the required output devices in the ‘Send to’ context menu of
the files. And then, all you need is a right- click and you can choose a specific printer from your printer list for your printing job. It even works with the Adobe Distiller
printer driver to print PDFs quickly. To do this, open the Windows Explorer by pressing [Windows] + [E]. Rest of the process is different for Vista and XP.

Windows XP: If the taskbar is visible on the left pane of Windows Explorer, click on ‘Folder’. In the directory structure, browse to ‘C:\Documents and Settings’ and open your user profile. The directory has the same name as your user account. In that, select the folder ‘SendTo’ in the tree structure and open it.




Now drag and drop the required printer shortcut from the ‘Printers and Faxes’ in the control panel to SendTo folder. Windows Vista: Here, you will find your profile under ‘C:\Users’. From there, switch to the sub-directory ‘AppData\ Roaming\Microsoft\Windows’ and open the folder ‘Send To’. Right-click on any free space on the right pane of Windows Explorer and open ‘New|Folder’ from the context menu. Name the folder as ‘Printer.{2227a280-3aea-1069-a2de- 08002b30309d}’ and press [Enter].

The new folder will display a printer icon that contains the icons for all printers installed on the system. Click on the symbol of the desired printer and drag it to the ‘SendTo’ directory. Windows creates a link, which can be opened from the menu. Note:
Some file types; for instance, Outlook news in the MSG format; can be printed only using the default printer.