Activate Internet printing
AllowWebPrinting
Internet printing lets you display printers on Web pages so that printers can be viewed, managed, and used across the Internet or an intranet....
Add Printer wizard - Network scan page (Managed network)
DomainPrinters
If you enable this policy setting, it sets the maximum number of printers (of each type) that the Add Printer wizard will display on a computer on a m...
Add Printer wizard - Network scan page (Unmanaged network)
NonDomainPrinters
This policy sets the maximum number of printers (of each type) that the Add Printer wizard will display on a computer on an unmanaged network (when th...
Allow job name in event logs
ShowJobTitleInEventLogs
This policy controls whether the print job name will be included in print event logs.
If you disable or do not configure this policy...
Allow Print Spooler to accept client connections
RegisterSpoolerRemoteRpcEndPoint
This policy controls whether the print spooler will accept client connections.
When the policy is unconfigured or enabled, the spooler will always ac...
Allow printers to be published
PublishPrinters
Determines whether the computer's shared printers can be published in Active Directory.
If you enable this setting or do not configure it...
Allow pruning of published printers
ImmortalPrintQueue
Determines whether the domain controller can prune (delete from Active Directory) the printers published by this computer.
By default, th...
Always rasterize content to be printed using a software rasterizer
ForceSoftwareRasterization
Determines whether the XPS Rasterization Service or the XPS-to-GDI conversion (XGC) is forced to use a software rasterizer instead of a Graphics Proce...
Always render print jobs on the server
EMFDespooling
When printing through a print server, determines whether the print spooler on the client will process print jobs itself, or pass them on to the server...
Always send job page count information for IPP printers
ConfigureIppPageCountsPolicy
Determines whether to always send page count information for accounting purposes for printers using the Microsoft IPP Class Driver.
By default, page...
Automatically publish new printers in Active Directory
AutoPublishing
Determines whether the Add Printer Wizard automatically publishes the computer's shared printers in Active Directory.
If you enable this settin...
Change Microsoft XPS Document Writer (MXDW) default output format to the legacy Microsoft XPS format (*.xps)
MXDWUseLegacyOutputFormatMSXPS
Microsoft XPS Document Writer (MXDW) generates OpenXPS (*.oxps) files by default in Windows 10, Windows 10 and Windows Server 2025.
If you...
Check published state
VerifyPublishedState
Directs the system to periodically verify that the printers published by this computer still appear in Active Directory. This setting also specifies...
Computer location
PhysicalLocation
If this policy setting is enabled, it specifies the default location criteria used when searching for printers.
This setting is a component...
Configure Redirection Guard
ConfigureRedirectionGuardPolicy
Determines whether Redirection Guard is enabled for the print spooler.
You can enable this setting to configure the Redirection Guard policy being a...
Configure RPC connection settings
ConfigureRpcConnectionPolicy
This policy setting controls which protocol and protocol settings to use for outgoing RPC connections to a remote print spooler.
By default, RPC ove...
Configure RPC listener settings
ConfigureRpcListenerPolicy
This policy setting controls which protocols incoming RPC connections to the print spooler are allowed to use.
By default, RPC over TCP is enabled a...
Configure RPC over TCP port
ConfigureRpcTcpPort
This policy setting controls which port is used for RPC over TCP for incoming connections to the print spooler and outgoing connections to remote pri...
Configure RPC packet level privacy setting for incoming connections
ConfigureRpcAuthnLevelPrivacyEnabled
This policy setting controls whether packet level privacy is enabled for RPC for incoming connections.
By default packet level privacy is enabled fo...
Configure Windows protected print
ConfigureWindowsProtectedPrint
Determines whether Windows protected print is enabled on this computer.
By default, Windows protected print is not enabled and there are not any res...
Custom support URL in the Printers folder's left pane
CustomizedSupportUrl
By default, the Printers folder includes a link to the Microsoft Support Web page called "Get help with printing". It can also include a link to a Web...
Directory pruning interval
PruningInterval
Specifies how often the pruning service on a domain controller contacts computers to verify that their printers are operational.
The prun...
Directory pruning priority
PruningPriority
Sets the priority of the pruning thread.
The pruning thread, which runs only on domain controllers, deletes printer objects from Active D...
Directory pruning retry
PruningRetries
Specifies how many times the pruning service on a domain controller repeats its attempt to contact a computer before pruning the computer's printers....
Disallow installation of printers using kernel-mode drivers
KMPrintersAreBlocked
Determines whether printers using kernel-mode drivers may be installed on the local computer. Kernel-mode drivers have access to system-wide memory,...
Do not allow v4 printer drivers to show printer extensions
V4DriverDisallowPrinterExtension
This policy determines if v4 printer drivers are allowed to run printer extensions.
V4 printer drivers may include an optional, customized us...
Enable Device Control Printing Restrictions
EnableDeviceControl
Determines whether Device Control Printing Restrictions are enforced for printing on this computer.
By default, there are no restrictions to printin...
Execute print drivers in isolated processes
PrintDriverIsolationExecutionPolicy
This policy setting determines whether the print spooler will execute print drivers in an isolated or separate process. When print drivers are loaded...
Extend Point and Print connection to search Windows Update
DoNotInstallCompatibleDriverFromWindowsUpdate
This policy setting allows you to manage where client computers search for Point and Printer drivers.
If you enable this policy setting, the client c...
Isolate print drivers from applications
ApplicationDriverIsolation
Determines if print driver components are isolated from applications instead of normally loading them into applications. Isolating print drivers great...
Limits print driver installation to Administrators
RestrictDriverInstallationToAdministrators
Determines whether users that aren't Administrators can install print drivers on this computer.
By default, users that aren't Administrators can't i...
List of Approved USB-connected print devices
ApprovedUsbPrintDevices
This setting is a component of the Device Control Printing Restrictions. To use this setting, enable Device Control Printing by enabling the "Enable...
Log directory pruning retry events
PruningRetryLog
Specifies whether or not to log events when the pruning service on a domain controller attempts to contact a computer before pruning the computer's pr...
Manage Print Driver exclusion list
ManageDriverExclusionList
This policy setting controls the print driver exclusion list. The exclusion list allows an administrator to curate a list of printer drivers that are...
Manage Print Driver signature validation
ConfigureDriverValidationLevel
This policy setting controls the print driver signature validation mechanism. This policy controls the type of digital signature that is re...
Manage processing of Queue-specific files
ConfigureCopyFilesPolicy
Manages how Queue-specific files are processed during printer installation. At printer installation time, a vendor-supplied installation application...
Only use Package Point and print
PackagePointAndPrintOnly_Win7
This policy restricts clients computers to use package point and print only.
If this setting is enabled, users will only be able to point and print t...
Override print driver execution compatibility setting reported by print driver
PrintDriverIsolationOverrideCompat
This policy setting determines whether the print spooler will override the Driver Isolation compatibility reported by the print driver. This enables e...
Package Point and print - Approved servers
PackagePointAndPrintServerList_Win7
Restricts package point and print to approved servers.
This policy setting restricts package point and print connections to approved servers. This se...
Point and Print Restrictions
PointAndPrint_Restrictions_Win7
This policy setting controls the client Point and Print behavior, including the security prompts for Windows Vista computers. The policy setting appli...
Pre-populate printer search location text
PhysicalLocationSupport
Enables the physical Location Tracking setting for Windows printers.
Use Location Tracking to design a location scheme for your enterprise and assign...
Printer browsing
PrinterServerThread
Announces the presence of shared printers to print browse master servers for the domain.
On domains with Active Directory, shared printer resources a...
Prune printers that are not automatically republished
PruneDownlevel
Determines whether the pruning service on a domain controller prunes printer objects that are not automatically republished whenever the host computer...