"MB_" wrote in message
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I currently have a Dell Dim 2400 system. I also have an old Epson Printer
(stylus 400) connected to the parallel port. It works GREAT and I want to
keep it and use it for printing documents, etc.

Our kids gave us a present: A Canon printer (A Canon Pixma IP 4000) for
us
to use with a new digital camera we have (a Canon A75).

OK, let's assume I install the new printer. Assume I use it thru the USB
port.

My concern: How do I set it up so that I can utilize my Epson printer for
most things (WORD and WORKS documents/spreadsheets, etc. as well as
perhaps
printing web-pages and emails) and my Canon printer for photos.

I'd do the following on windows. Go to control panel -printers and faxes.
Find the Epson and right click on it, and set it to be default printer.
When you go to print a photo, look at the dialog boxes very carefully before
you print and select Canon as the printer. If you have a problem, you might
need to make the Canon the default printer, just to print off it, but then
remember to make the Epson the default when you're done.


Mel