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Very Frustrating that MS says Universal Print connector is available in preview but it is not
I spoke to a Microsoft tech - showed him the docs where it says Universal Print connector is in preview but it really isn't. If anyone knows a way to accomplish printing besides send to eprint or combo PAC and PAD and no third party connector, I'm all ears. Documentation below leads you to believe you can do it:
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- mrmcbeeCopper Contributor
What's weird is that back in March or so, the connector was available in Power Automate. I even created a flow with it, but it never worked. Then the connector went away from available actions to add. Then the parameters changed on the action that I did manage to save, so now I cannot even edit the flow anymore.
The preview documentation was active for the last few months, but sometime in the last two weeks it was removed and the URL https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/connectors/universalprint/ now returns a 404 error.
I'm guessing this was never supposed to have been public and even after someone realized their mistake in March that they didn't remove the documentation.
But I am excited, hoping that it actually exists. This would be a signifanct value in my MS infrastructure. Our company isn't big enough to justify a massive investment in cloud printing, but our locations are spread out enough that we find universal print to be helpful. Printing via automation would really help with efficiencies on some of our recurring activities.- lledererCopper Contributor
Oh me too - right now I am using an eprint service via HP because there is a process we can't get away from paper on just yet - in order to replicate, I have to do a combo of PA cloud and desktop ugh and it's a pain in the butt - have spent hours on getting the Graph calls for PAD flow right....it should be a thing and yep, I think someone jumped the gun haha.
- mrmcbeeCopper Contributor
The connector documentation lands on a 404 response now.
What's weird is that I did have the preview connector availabe in power automate for a few days but it never worked. I still have a flow saved with it, but the parameters changed and I cannot even save the flow to test it. It went away, though the documentation persisted. Now the documentation has disapeared, I feel like it's going backwards.- lledererCopper Contributor
What a strange mystery - I never even saw it as a connector! But the documentation WAS there as you can tell from my screenshot and yet, today I see this:
Crazy...
- lledererCopper Contributor
vihargadhesariya how does this help me with a connector in Power Automate? Yes, I do have Azure AD-Universal Print blade.
- kabu07079Copper Contributor
Hi,
I face the same problem in my organization. I set up Universal Print and added universal printer using Universal Print Connector on Windows Server. The printer is available for users who have access to share and the can print from Windows. It works flawlessly. However we can't create a print flow using Universal Print Connector because it's not available in Power Automate. We tried several methods to make it listed under Print Connectors in Power Automate but none of them worked. Microsoft please fix it or give us any information if this connector was depreciated...
- lledererCopper Contributor
Ha, deprecated - not sure if it was ever even live!
- vihargadhesariyaIron Contributor
Confirm Universal Print Preview is enabled in your tenant’s Azure portal (Azure AD → Universal Print blade); if absent, file a Microsoft support request.
Install and run Microsoft’s Universal Print Connector (no third-party) via PowerShell:
Install-Module UniversalPrintManagement Connect-UPService Register-UPPrinter -PrinterShareName "<ShareName>" -Location "<Location>"
On Win 10 21H1+ clients, add printers directly: Settings → Bluetooth & devices → Printers & scanners → Add → “My printer is a Universal Print printer” → sign in.
Deploy printers via Intune's native Universal Print integration to avoid separate connector installations.
- kabu07079Copper Contributor
Hi,
Universal Print is enabled, despite it like OP said, connector Universal Print in Power Automate under connectors is not listed and there is no possibility to add it.