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title: "Setting Up a Default Printer"
slug: "configuring-a-default-user-printer-before-extraction"
updated: 2022-01-03T07:54:56Z
published: 2022-01-03T07:54:56Z
canonical: "success.panaya.com/configuring-a-default-user-printer-before-extraction"
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> ## Documentation Index
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# Setting Up a Default Printer

It is recommended to set up a default printer before extracting your code to avoid prompts for additional inputs during the extraction process.

To define a default printer -

1. Log in to SAP GUI
2. Run Transaction SU3
3. In the **Maintain User Profile screen**, select the **Defaults tab**  
**![](https://cdn.document360.io/f404076c-de23-4609-848e-2dfd4ef701b0/Images/Documentation/image-1638970696835.png)**
4. For the **OutputDevice** - click on the right side of the field so that the **Pick List icon** appears.  
Click on the **Pick List icon**.  
![](https://cdn.document360.io/f404076c-de23-4609-848e-2dfd4ef701b0/Images/Documentation/image-1638970707432.png)
5. The below screen will appear. Click on the ![](https://cdn.document360.io/f404076c-de23-4609-848e-2dfd4ef701b0/Images/Documentation/image-1638970718533.png) icon.  
![](https://cdn.document360.io/f404076c-de23-4609-848e-2dfd4ef701b0/Images/Documentation/image-1638970734738.png)
6. This will bring up a list of all of your available printers.  
The standard printer options are as follows - 

| **Select Output Device** | **To Print From** |
| --- | --- |
| Frontend Printer | SAP GUI (PC) |
| Frontend Printer via MAC | SAP GUI (MAC) |
| Frontend Printer via PDF | SAP Portal |

Highlight the printer you wish to use as a default printer and click on the ![](https://cdn.document360.io/f404076c-de23-4609-848e-2dfd4ef701b0/Images/Documentation/image-1638970745305.png) icon  
![](https://cdn.document360.io/f404076c-de23-4609-848e-2dfd4ef701b0/Images/Documentation/image-1638970760864.png)
7. In the **Maintain User Profile** screen, for the **Defaults tab**, check the **Output Immediately** option.  
![](https://cdn.document360.io/f404076c-de23-4609-848e-2dfd4ef701b0/Images/Documentation/image-1638970774084.png)

**Good to know!** Whenever you need to remove your default printer, highlight the OutputDevice and delete it