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OopPrintDriversAllowed

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Out-of-process print drivers allowed

Supported versions

  • On Windows and macOS since 134 or later

Description

This policy determines whether Microsoft Edge handles interactions with printer drivers through a separate service process.

Using a service process for tasks like querying available printers, retrieving print driver settings, and submitting documents to local printers improves browser stability and prevents UI freezing during Print Preview.

Enabled or Not Set: Microsoft Edge will use a separate service process for these printing tasks.

Disabled: Microsoft Edge will perform these printing tasks within the browser process.

Note: This policy will be deprecated in the future once the transition to out-of-process print drivers is fully implemented.

Supported features

  • Can be mandatory: Yes
  • Can be recommended: No
  • Dynamic Policy Refresh: No - Requires browser restart
  • 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: OopPrintDriversAllowed
  • GP name: Out-of-process print drivers allowed
  • GP path (Mandatory): Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Printing
  • GP path (Recommended): N/A
  • GP ADMX file name: MSEdge.admx

Example value

Enabled

Registry settings

  • Path (Mandatory): SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge
  • Path (Recommended): N/A
  • Value name: OopPrintDriversAllowed
  • Value type: REG_DWORD

Example registry value

0x00000001

Mac information and settings

  • Preference Key name: OopPrintDriversAllowed
  • Example value:
<true/>

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