How to turn off the printer

A printer is a printing device that transfers text or graphic information to a more convenient medium (in this case, paper). In order for it to start working, you must first turn it on, and this is easy to understand. Unplugging the printer from the socket means an immediate stop of work, it can be used as an emergency cancellation of work. There are several ways to do this.

How to turn off the printer from your computer

If for some reason the printing machine cannot turn off on its own, then in the computer system from which printing is done, it can be turned off, or simply prohibited from outputting information to paper. List of required actions to accomplish this task:

• Open the Start menu. This can be done by clicking on the flag icon (in older versions - the corresponding inscription) in the lower left corner of the screen, or by pressing the button on the keyboard, also with the image of a flag.
• On the right side of the displayed window you need to find an item that refers to printing devices. “Devices and Printers” will take you to the required menu directly, there is also a way to get there through “Control Panel”, “Hardware and Sound”, “View Devices”.
• The system will display to the user a list of all additional devices operating in conjunction with the computer. The user just has to find the icon of his printer and right-click on it.A drop-down list will appear where you can select the function that suits you most:
  • “Pause printing” - the device will temporarily stop performing the ordered output of images and texts to paper, but will remain turned on. The “Resume” button will help you start this process again.
  • “Disconnect” or maybe “Delete” - this button will disconnect the printer from the system. Further activation is possible using the buttons of the device itself.

How to turn off the printer on the printer itself

The printer has its own keyboard. The buttons included in the block are equipped with icons that allow you to understand what each of them does. There are two ways to turn off the device:

• Just click the shutdown button. The printer will not finish working immediately, but after a while - it will have to prepare to exit the working state in order to avoid errors in the future.
• Call up the menu in a small window (usually it works as long as the device is turned on) and find the “Shutdown” item. The choice will need to be confirmed.