Windows 10: does computers change printer name if I change it on printer

I recently got project to change printer names company wide. If I change the name on printer, does it affect anything on devices? If not is there any way to push it to devices who have installed it?Thank you,

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Changing printer device name


EDIT: Follow Shawn Brink's tutorial on how to do it. Much more in-depth and easier to follow than my steps. Check his post below.

1) Search for, and open, Control Panel
2) Under Hardware and Sound, press: View devices and printers
3) Right click on the printer, and press: Printer properties
4) From here you can rename the printer.
That's how I could rename my printer. Hopefully that works for you too.

 

Changing the name of the printer

Hi PatriciaMartin7.

My name is Douglas and I am an Independent Advisor.

I would like to help you.

The first thing we have to do is open the Windows 10 Configuration page and once there navigate to the option Devices> Printers and scanners.

There we will find a list with all the printers where we can change the name to each one of them or to those that we are interested in. We click on the printer that we want to change its name to select it and we will automatically be shown three buttons. Click
on Manage, we will see another window of the system configuration and there we have to look for the Printer Properties option.

This will open a window with the properties of that printer in which we can change the name from the General tab through the Change properties button and then save the changes.

If this does not work for you, you can try this other option:

Through the Control Panel. Therefore, we open the Panel and go to Hardware and Sound> View devices and printers. There we will find all the recognized printers in our computer, therefore, we have to find the one that we want to change the name and click on
it with the right mouse button.

Next, we select the option Printer Properties from the context menu and the Properties window of the selected printer will open again. As we did before, we go to the General tab and there we can change the name of the printer. You should not ignore confirming
the changes to be applied and so we can identify each of the printers with the name we want without any problem.

 

Default Printer changing to Printer that's first in the "Port Name" List

Hi All,

I have an issue where the default printer keeps changing to the Printer that's Port Name is first in the "Port Name" List in ascending order, whenever I RDP into it.

Some Note:

• The default printer changes on the remote PC (The PC I RDP into).
• All OS's involved are Windows 10 Pro x64.
• I unchecked the "Printers" checkbox on the saved .RDP file.
• I have turned the "Let Windows manage my default printer" option on and then printed from the correct default printer but then when I RDP into it from home it changes to the Printer that's Port Name is first in the "Port Name" List in ascending order.

I cant rename the Port Name without re-adding the printers which I really don't want to have to do.

Thanks in advance for any help.