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Power automate Desktop - Print settings

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Hi,

I have around 10 different documents in a folder that i want to print out using power automate.

But they need to be with different print settings. is it possible to change the print setting as part of the flow?

Thanks in advance

Sejer

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momlo 1,527 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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Hi @Sejer
It is possible in a number of ways.
You can automate UI - open document, select options to print, automate the dialog box etc.
Alternatively, depending on the printer and software, you could create different printers (pointing to the physical device) with tailored settings to a particular scenario, then depending on the type of the document, change the default printer via cmd.

So short answer is - yes, you can.

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Nived_Nambiar 18,138 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hi @Sejer

You can use cmd command to change default printer as @momlo said

rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /y /n "printer_name"

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Nived N

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Sejer 8 on at

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Awesome!
Can you explain a bit more about what functions i need to use?

I have tried with just chaning the print setting on my preffered printer but it keeps using a wrong scale option. although when i open it regulary and print right away it works fine.

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Sejer 8 on at

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but can i change the print settings as well in cmd? or just the preffered?

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Nived_Nambiar 18,138 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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@Sejer

You can give a try using cmd

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