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Enable Silent Printing
Supported versions
- On Windows and macOS since 144 or later
Description
This policy controls whether Microsoft Edge uses silent printing.
If you enable this policy, Edge automatically closes the print preview window and prints to the default printer using its default settings. If the default printer is Save as PDF, the file is saved to the user's Downloads folder.
If you disable or don't configure this policy, silent printing is disabled. The print preview window stays open and the user must choose print settings as usual.
Supported features
- Can be mandatory: Yes
- Can be recommended: No
- Dynamic Policy Refresh: Yes
- Per Profile: No
- Applies to a profile that is signed in with a Microsoft account: Yes
Data type
- Boolean
Windows information and settings
Group Policy (ADMX) info
- GP unique name: SilentPrintingEnabled
- GP name: Enable Silent Printing
- GP path (Mandatory): Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge
- GP path (Recommended): N/A
- GP ADMX file name: MSEdge.admx
Example value
Disabled
Registry settings
- Path (Mandatory): SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge
- Path (Recommended): N/A
- Value name: SilentPrintingEnabled
- Value type: REG_DWORD
Example registry value
0x00000000
Mac information and settings
- Preference Key name: SilentPrintingEnabled
- Example value:
<false/>