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Windows Printing Priorities

This 4:55 video from ITFreeTraining explains Windows printing priorities and demonstrates how priority settings affect the order of printing. Press play to watch it here — nothing loads from YouTube until you do — and use the written steps below to follow along at your own pace.

ITFreeTraining · 4:55 · Watch on YouTube

When to watch this video

Watch this if you share a printer or print a lot and want to pause, restart or reorder jobs instead of cancelling them.

It's filed under print queue manager in our printer queue video tutorials, where you can pick a problem and see only the videos for it.

The steps in short

The exact clicks in the video may differ a little from yours, but the fix comes down to these steps:

1. Right-click a job for Pause, Resume, Restart or Cancel.
2. Open a job’s Properties to change its priority.
3. Run printmanagement.msc to see every printer at once.

If the steps don't match your screen

A video is recorded on one computer with one printer. Windows 11 and Windows 10 put printer settings in different places, macOS changes them between versions, and printer makers add their own apps on top. If a menu in the video isn't where you expect it, don't guess — the written print queue manager guide covers each version step by step, with screenshots and what to do when the usual fix doesn't work.

Video details

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• 1:07 Windows 10 Tutorial Managing Print Jobs Microsoft Training TeachUComp · 2015 Print queue manager
• 1:19 How To View Your Print Queue With Your Epson Printer - Easy Fix Friendly Tech Help · 2025 Print queue manager

This video is made by ITFreeTraining, not by PrinterQueue. We list it because it shows the steps clearly; it was available to watch when we checked on 2026-10-29.