[WinPrnDev] Re: How to delete system default printer forms?

  • From: Christoph Lindemann <christoph@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "winprndev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <winprndev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2013 04:47:17 +0100

Hi Matt,

Printer drivers can also provide their own form sizes. So you might need to 
edit the forms list via the printer drivers own dialog, if it provides that 
feature.

Best regards,
Christoph

On 15/02/2013, at 21.54, Matt Wilkie <matt.wilkie@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Folks,
> 
> On Windows there are system default printer forms which can't be deleted from 
> the Print Server Properties dialog. Is there some other way they can be 
> removed? We are never going to use page sizes like Envelope, B5(JIS), US Std 
> Fanfold, etc. and I'd like to save users (and myself!) from having to scroll 
> through a big long list of noise.
> 
> I've tried deleting from the registry key 
> HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Forms, but that only works for 
> some forms, and there many forms listed in the Server Properties dialog that 
> don't show up under that registry key.
> 
> Also asked here, last year: 
> http://serverfault.com/questions/64607/how-to-delete-system-default-printer-forms
> 
> Does anyone here have something that might work?
> 
> thanks,
> 
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> matt wilkie
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