Customize Print Dialog for windows desktop system users

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Hi,
Is there a way to customize the default Print Dialog on Windows Desktop, for all system users. This is not within the context of a specific application, but instead will be for all users that log in to the workstation and uses any application and issues a "Print"

As part of a Green initiative, our organization wants to reduce wastage of Print paper. So we want to display a YES/NO message box that says something similar to "Please consider if you really want to continue printing. Save paper...Save Environment. Continue?"

If the user clicks "Yes" , then the Print Dialog display is resumed and user can continue. If user clicks "No", then no further action is needed and system does not display Print dialog.

Thanks

Posted 24-May-15 20:03pm

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Duncan Edwards Jones · Answer 1 · 2015-05-24T22:21:00

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To add this message to all print jobs is going to require writing some print spooler dll[^] (probably a port monitor but not sure).

This will have to be in a standard dll, which (most likely) means C++.

Posted 24-May-15 22:21pm

Duncan Edwards Jones