Printing from Win32 application - new after installing 22h2 update

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After installing 22h2 update we get this new and "annoying" dialog box in some programs. Annoying since this dialog box always picks up the default printer (we have many), so that you lose the entries made earlier. This dialog box only appears on certain programs, e.g. indesign. Does not come up in Office programs, Photoshop etc. Before 22H2 we did not get this dialog box. We see this is the dialog box that comes up when you press "shift+ctrl+p" In, for example, Indesign, we press "ctrl+p", then "setup", then this new dialog box appears. When we pressed "setup" before 22H2, one went straight to the Printer driver's setup without going through this "Printing from Win32 application" dialog box.

How can we avoid this dialog box?

Thanks.

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Ramesh 182K Volunteer Moderator

Hi Sumit,

Sorry to be hijacking the thread here. Thank you for pointing that out, as I had totally missed it. As stated by Espen Johansen, this has to be done every time we want to print. We usually do color proofs first, then the actual print run, on all the machines. It appears that this dialog shows up for every printer from InDesign now, if I choose Setup, just as Espen Johansen mentioned. I, too, would like the option to get rid of this dialog box as the default behavior, so I can more easily choose the options relevant to the particular printer.

I apologize to both of you for inserting myself in this discussion. I hope that I didn't prevent or hinder your progress in any way.

Thank you.

Hi,

I'm Ramesh here. Since you replied to my post, I assume your last message was directed to me. Anyway, you may want to check out a registry method I found that brings back the legacy print dialog in Windows 11 22H2. It works only for classic/win32 apps.

I hope you and Espen Johansen will find it helpful.

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Anonymous

2022-10-03T09:19:54+00:00

Hi

I have the same problem with 22H2, and the Microsoft ERP program Microsoft Dynamic Navision 2018.

In the Dynamic Navision 2018, is it possible to setup a specific printer to a label/report. And this work perfect with Windows 11 21H2. But with 22H2, it always takes the standard printer. This means that it buypass the Dynamic Navision 2018 printer setup. And if you then will like to find the printer, it is a mess, where all the network printers from print server is not in alphabetical order. And a problem more, it that is try to find all HP printers in the network, so all printers is there ad less 2 times.

How to fix this serious problem, since I have had to disable all future upgrades because of this bad 22H2.

Peter Sunesen
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Ramesh 182K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator

2022-10-03T09:57:31+00:00

Hi Peter,

Maybe you can try the registry edit (to revert to the old print dialog) posted earlier in this thread and let's know if it works for the specific app.
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Anonymous

2022-10-03T10:23:57+00:00
Do I understand that this registry change only changes to the old "design" of this dialog box? The problem is that this dialog box appears. Previously, there was no such dialog box when you pressed Ctrl+P, and then "more settings"
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Before H22H:
Ctrl+P, "more settings", adjust in printer driver.

After H22H:
Ctrl+P, "more settings", "this new dialog box which destroys previous settings", "adjust in printer driver"
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Extremely unfortunate, and very time-consuming change after H22H.

And as mentioned before, this does not apply to all programs, but Indesign is one of those programs. Another Adobe program, Photoshop, does not have this problem.

Both Indesign and Photoshop are x64 programs.

Espen
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Anonymous

2022-10-03T10:42:45+00:00

Hi Ramesh

Have try the registry edit and it works on Microsoft Dynamic Navision 2018 (Now Microsoft Business Central).

So now I can turn on Windows update again. But is there anybody there now the longtime consequences by going to the old print dialog. Will I get problem in the future in Windows 11? Or is it better to wait on a patch to 22H2 there fix this printing problems?

That Microsoft not even support their own programs, must speedup a patch 😊

Peter Sunesen
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