Print Setup Dialogue Issues

[DRM5303]

When I select "Setup" in the InDesign print dialogue, it takes me to another dialogue which is apparantly a Windows 11 setup, which resets everything to defaults, including the system default printer (which I am not using for this job.) Then I have to select "More Settings" and make adjustments there from the traditional printer settings dialogue. My other Adobe products don't go through this. And searching online for a fix did not come up with a simple solution. Is there a way to bypass this stupid step? If not, can Adobe fix this?

Version 20.5 x64

Windows 11 Pro 10.0.26100 

[Willi Adelberger]

The printer dialogue depends on the driver of the printer. I recommend to export the file to PDF and print from Acrobat. 

[DRM5303]

If that were true, why doesn't the same dialogue come up for each Adobe app when the same printer is selected? Exporting to PDF is definitely a solution, and I have done that, but I only experience this annoying and awkward step with InDesign. (So far.) Hate having to create another file just to print. Thanks for the response.

[rob day]

If that were true, why doesn't the same dialogue come up for each Adobe app

Hi @DRM5303 , The print requirments for a page layout program like InDesign are more complex than an image editing or illustration application. Generally speaking the print parameters that are not printer specific—do you need bleeds, are you outputting color separations, do you need printer marks, etc—are found in the Print dialog:

The Printer... dialog generally has parameters that are specific to the chosen printer and are not universal to all printers:

[DRM5303]

Understand what you're describing, but what I am experienceing is another dialogue in between the application and printer dialogues. When I select "Print" in InDesign, the following dialogue comes up.

Then when I select "Setup" which would normally take me to the printer dialogue, I get the following dialogue:

This reverts to my system default printer and is totally useless to the process. To access the PRINTER dialogue, I have to select "More Settings" at the bottom. That takes me to the following dialogue:

From here I select the page size, paper, etc. And with other Adobe apps, it will remember the print settings assigned to a document, but because of the middle dialogue, I have to reset everything.

With Photoshop, and Acrobat, selecting "Setup" in the first dialogue (Application) takes me directly to the printer dialogue. This is the same issue referenced by leo.r below. 

[Abhishek Rao]

Hi @DRM5303,

Thanks for the detailed follow-up. Please try the suggestions in the community link that our expert Leo R shared. Specifically, you can try restoring the legacy print dialog using the steps in this guide:

https://adobe.ly/48itEKB

Please give that a try and update us if it helps resolve the issue.

Abhishek

[DRM5303]

Tried both options, using command prompt and regedit. Neither has any impact. No change to the dialogue sequence.

[rob day]

On the Mac side I have to save 2 different presets, one for the InDesign specific setting, and one for the print driver settings—it looks like you also have a separate  Save.. button (the 3rd capture showing your printer specific settings)?

With the Mac dialogs, if there is a duplicate setting like Page Range, the InDesign Print dialog setting is used:

[Peter Spier]

Have you tried dwfining a Print Preset ( File < Print Presets > Define...)?

[leo.r]

Is it the same issue by any chance:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/windows-print-dialog-gets-in-the-way-when-printi...

I think there also were other discussions on the subject but I couldn't find them.