Printing from Win32 application - new after installing 22h2 update

Question

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.

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

I am having the exact same issue. I am trying to print to a Canon 4000 Pro, and cannot get any of the original dialog options, just this Printing from Win32 application dialog. I have to print a few dozen large formats from InDesign, and I can't use the printer any longer, since this update. I can still print to the Xerox V2100 and V180 I use constantly. To Microsoft: What is the purpose of this dialog box? There are practically no settings in it, and nothing that pertains to the Canon 4000 Pro. Now I have to find a Windows 10 or earlier system that I can install the printer on so I can get this job done. Why did this even happen? In what way does this constitute an improvement over what was there before? I also just lost the ability to print to our HP Pagewide 4000, but I can just use a usb drive for that. The settings I need to access on the Canon preclude simply using a flash drive to print. I am on a serious deadline. Do I need to somehow roll back to the previous version of Windows 11, or am I going to have to reinstall from scratch, and avoid all future updates?

I apologize for my tone, but this is very frustrating.

I can still print from Acrobat and Photoshop, but I am using a lot of vector elements that I can't scale at appropriate resolution in Photoshop, and the colors from Acrobat are never quite correct.

I have edited this post because I was overly rude initially, and I understand that it is in no way the fault of the person(s) attempting to provide a solution.

Answer 3

There is no way on my Windows 11 22H2 to restore the beloved win32 print dialog.

My workflow is to right click a pic in file explorer and tweak with the wonderful default options.

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Answer 4

Hi Dan50Plym,

Do you see the "More settings" link in the new Print dialog box? Clicking on it opens the printer/model-specific printing preferences dialog.

Answer 5

Hi Espen,

I am Sumit here to assist you with this question.

This is the new Print dialog box introduced with 22H2. I am unsure why it is showing up.

Can you check for updated Printer drivers for your device?