V4 Printer Driver - Device Settings?

Question

Hi,

Is it possible to provide a custom UI for Device Settings in a V4 printer driver? Something equivalent to DrvDevicePropertySheets in the V3 driver. I've been reading through the online documentation and whitepapers and can't find any mention of device settings - I'm sure I've missed it.

Thanks

Answer 1

Hi sylswh,

I am trying to involve someone familiar with this topic to further look at this issue. There might be some time delay. Appreciate your patience.
 
Thank you for your understanding and support.

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Answer 2

Hi Sylswh,

I'm looking in to this issue now and it will help if you can let me know what customization options do you want to provide with this custom UI.

On a different note, have you already looked at this? - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/br259129.aspx

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Ashish Sahu [MSFT]

Answer 3

Hi Ashish,

Thanks, yep I've read through the device app whitepaper. The UI we'd liek to customise is the Device Settings tab on the Desktop when you go to Devices & Printers -> Printer Properties to include a picture of the device (to reflect its current configuration e.g. finisher units) as well as allowing the user to manually set the configuration of the device.

Thanks

Answer 4

I am looking into this.

Best Wishes - Eric

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Answer 5

V4 print drivers cannot modify the printer properties UI. You could build a Windows Store device app which reads the state of the installable options and shows the user what their device looks like in its current configuration, however, the API does not support modifying that state from a Windows Store device app.

In general, we expect that devices support autoconfiguration so that users don't have to configure the state of their devices. Please see the following links for more context on how to implement autoconfiguration:

• http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/windowshardware/Print-auto-configuration-b2cf15f2/view/SourceCode
• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff545110(v=vs.85).aspx
• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/jj659904(v=vs.85).aspx

Answer 6

Thanks Justin. That was the vibe I got from reading the documentation, thanks for confirming this.