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OMNIC Picta and Specta Printing issues in Windows 11

Issue

An error comes up when trying to print from Picta wizards (same sometimes also happen in Specta) in the priting dialog window. 

Picta issue when printing from Particle Wizard.png

Environment

OMNIC Picta, Specta 

Resolution

1. Open Command Prompt with Admin rights

2.  Copy and paste the command below and hit enter. 

reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Print\UnifiedPrintDialog" /v "PreferLegacyPrintDialog" /d 1 /t REG_DWORD /f 

If needed can be reversed by entering the command below. 

reg delete "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Print\UnifiedPrintDialog" /v "PreferLegacyPrintDialog" /f