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Printers being mapped are set to 'letter'
Hi all, Is there a way to force a client's printers to be mapped with default A4 paper type? Most printers this is not an issue, but some it is it seems. Printers complain when receiving a j...
KurtJcThis works as well for me. Thanks for the hint.
This is really strange Microsoft are not able to fix this. We have devices in different 15 countries
I don't think Microsoft should 'fix' this, at least in the current printing architecture. At installation time the default paper size is set, based on a published method and API:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/print/referencing-locales
Note, this documentation explicitly mentions paper size is a static setting based on System Locale, not User. I don't know if a 'smart' driver or script could change that based on User Locale without a reboot.
