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V4 Printer Driver - How to modify page sizes (remove few paper size) which will reflect on my desktop printer preferences window
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Satheesh Rodriguez
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I have developed a V4 XPS Virtual Printer Driver with a rendering filter using IPrintPipelineFilter. This filter enables saving XPS with advanced features such as stapling, duplex printing, etc.
Question:
Can I dynamically remove or modify printer features (e.g., page sizes, color, duplex, staple, orientation) at runtime without recompiling the driver? Specifically, I want applications that use my printer (MS Word, Chrome, Edge, Notepad, etc.) to reflect these changes in the Print Preview and Windows Print Dialog without requiring a driver reinstallation.
Requirement:
Is there a way to modify printer features dynamically (without recompiling the driver) so that applications using my printer do not display the removed entries in Print Preview and Windows Print Dialog? If yes, what changes do I need to implement in my driver to achieve this?
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Saideep Anchuri 9,500 Reputation points Moderator2025-05-21T07:29:19.5133333+00:00 Yes, you can dynamically modify printer features such as page sizes, color, duplex, staple, and orientation at runtime without recompiling the driver. This can be achieved by implementing support for printer extensions or UWP device apps, which allow for UI customization and can dynamically adjust the features presented to applications using your printer.
To ensure that applications reflect these changes in the Print Preview and Windows Print Dialog, you need to maintain the boundaries between the configuration and UI layers in your driver. This means that your driver should be functional without a customized printer preferences experience, but it should also support dynamic updates through the use of the PrintTicket and PrintCapabilities.
You can use the
IPrinterQueue::SendBidiQuerymethod to communicate changes to the printer features, ensuring that the applications do not display the removed entries. This approach allows for a more interactive experience without requiring a driver reinstallation.Kindly refer below link: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/print/driver-support-for-customized-ui
Thank You.
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Satheesh Rodriguez 0 Reputation points
2025-05-22T06:15:18.1566667+00:00 Thank you for your quick and helpful response — much appreciated. I’m currently working through the implementation based on your guidance and will get back to you shortly with updates or further questions.
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Saideep Anchuri 9,500 Reputation points Moderator
2025-05-22T07:29:54.46+00:00 Thanks for your patience, from the above conversation please tell us if anything was helpful to you, so that we can convert it to answer. Then, if you could Accept Answer and Upvote it for the benefit of community, it will be helpful to others.
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Saideep Anchuri 9,500 Reputation points Moderator
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Satheesh Rodriguez 0 Reputation points
2025-05-23T03:40:34.3333333+00:00 Hi Saideep Anchuri,
Thank you for the follow ups. Working on it, kindly allow me to get back.
Thank you.
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Saideep Anchuri 9,500 Reputation points Moderator
2025-05-28T01:23:24.1133333+00:00 -
Satheesh Rodriguez 0 Reputation points
2025-06-23T06:40:33.3566667+00:00 @saideep anchuri Thank you for the response. I just wanted to kindly clarify that with V4 printer drivers, traditional COM-based extensions such as PrintTicketProvider.dll or UIExtension.dll are no longer supported. Instead, Microsoft recommends using Print Support Apps (PSA), which are supported only on Windows 11 and are effective specifically for modern applications, such as UWP or Microsoft Store apps (e.g., the Photos app). However, classical desktop applications like Word, Notepad, PowerPoint, Chrome, Edge, and Adobe Reader continue to rely on the static PrintCapabilities.xml and DEVMODE structures, and therefore do not reflect any PSA-based customizations. Also, SendBidiQuery is limited to querying or updating printer state—it doesn’t allow removing or hiding print features such as page sizes from the UI.
Regarding the link you shared:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/print/driver-support-for-customized-ui
This documentation discusses JavaScript-based constraints within the driver. While these constraints can dynamically influence printer features in modern applications, they unfortunately do not modify the Print Dialog or Print Preview behavior in classical applications such as Word or Excel.
Given these constraints, I would sincerely appreciate any guidance on how one might dynamically filter or hide features like page sizes in classical applications, or on Windows 10, where PSA is not supported. Are there any recommended approaches for this scenario?
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Satheesh Rodriguez 0 Reputation points
2025-07-03T03:58:27.6466667+00:00 @Saideep Anchuri Thank you for the response. I just wanted to kindly clarify that with V4 printer drivers, traditional COM-based extensions such as PrintTicketProvider.dll or UIExtension.dll are no longer supported. Instead, Microsoft recommends using Print Support Apps (PSA), which are supported only on Windows 11 and are effective specifically for modern applications, such as UWP or Microsoft Store apps (e.g., the Photos app). However, classical desktop applications like Word, Notepad, PowerPoint, Chrome, Edge, and Adobe Reader continue to rely on the static PrintCapabilities.xml and DEVMODE structures, and therefore do not reflect any PSA-based customizations. Also, SendBidiQuery is limited to querying or updating printer state—it doesn’t allow removing or hiding print features such as page sizes from the UI.Regarding the link you shared:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/print/driver-support-for-customized-ui
This documentation discusses JavaScript-based constraints within the driver. While these constraints can dynamically influence printer features in modern applications, they unfortunately do not modify the Print Dialog or Print Preview behavior in classical applications such as Word or Excel.
Given these constraints, I would sincerely appreciate any guidance on how one might dynamically filter or hide features like page sizes in classical applications, or on Windows 10, where PSA is not supported. Are there any recommended approaches for this scenario?
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