Please Note: This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Excel versions: 2007, 2010, and 2013. If you are using an earlier version (Excel 2003 or earlier), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for earlier versions of Excel, click here: Working With Multiple Printers.
You already know that Windows supports multiple printers. Using Excel with multiple printers can be a bother, however, since you must display the Print dialog box (Excel 2007) or the Print information (Excel 2010 and Excel 2013), change the printer, and then print the worksheet.
There is a way, however, that you can have one-click printing of your worksheets on a designated printer. To do this, simply create a macro that changes the printer and then prints the worksheets. Here is a macro that will accomplish the task:
Please Note:
This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Excel versions: 2007, 2010, and 2013. If you are using an earlier version (Excel 2003 or earlier), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for earlier versions of Excel, click here: 
Sub GoodPrinter()
Application.ActivePrinter = "HP LaserJet"
ActiveWindow.SelectedSheets.PrintOut Copies:=1
End Sub
When you create this macro on your system, make sure you change the printer name in the second line of the macro. It must exactly match the name of a printer on your system. (In this example the printer name is set to "HP LaserJet". You should change it to match the name of the printer you want used.)
The trick is to create one of these macros for each of the printers you use. You can add a command for each printer to your Quick Access Toolbar so that each printer has its own print button. When you then click on the command or button, the appropriate macro is run and you get output on the desired printer.
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2015-12-23 13:07:55
Morris Manning
This tip works great if file is used only on user's computer. If file may be copied or moved to another computer which may not have access to same printers, I would put a line in print macro to bring up a printer selection option. There are various ways to do this.
Sub QuickPrint()
'Prints to default printer
ActiveWindow.SelectedSheets.PrintOut Copies:=1
End Sub
Sub SelectPrinter()
'Opens Printer Selection Dialog
Application.Dialogs(xlDialogPrinterSetup).Show
End Sub
Sub OpenPrintPreview()
'Opens Print Preview Dialog
ActiveWindow.SelectedSheets.PrintPreview
End Sub
2015-03-20 00:25:36
Jojo Berago
I have a workbook with 4 sheets that normally prints on Toshiba Laser Printer using A4-size paper. Now I want to add another sheet that I needs to be printed on Intermec Barcode Printer using a continuous form of 4"x2" label (which is defined as "New Stock" size).
When I changed the page setup of this 5th sheet, the other worksheets 1-4 also changed... and there is no more option to set the page size to A4-size because the Intermec Barcode Printer does not handle this paper size.
How do I setup my 5th worksheet to different printer without affecting the other worksheets?
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