Windows 11 print interface interferes with print settings
- June 18, 2025
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I'm a photographer and primarily use Photoshop and Lightroom. I've used InDesign since its first release (and Pagemaker before then) so I'm not a total newbie. I primarily use InDesign to custom-print promos from my Canon PRO-1000 printer. It's been a good 9-10 months since I printed anything.
The past couple of days I've been working on some new promo pieces with InDesign 2024. I updated my Windows 11 probably about two or three months ago to the most recent build. I was surprised when I went to print the promo piece. Instead of bringing up the usual interface, there's a brand new one. Though I had chosen my Canon printer in InDesign, the Windows print interface still showed my default printer, my Ricoh laser. Through that interface, I had to reach the Canon printer driver. I adjusted my settings as needed and printed.
I didn't like the results, so I hit CTRL-P again, and the Windows print had reverted back to the laser printer. As a result, I had to reselect the Canon in the interface and reset all the settings I had changed previously. Over the years, this had never happened before where, every time I wanted print, I had to change the settings. (Hopefully, all this is clear.) Also, just now, when I reopened the saved file (which had been printed with the Canon and in the past if saved, it always saved the printer with the file, the printer reverted to the default.
Any thought on what might be going on? I never had this issue with earlier versions of InDesign and Windows.
Thanks
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