Windows Registry settings overview

• Purpose: Make Printix Client run as kiosk.

• Printix Windows Registry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\printix.net\Printix Client\

• Value name: KioskMode

• Value type: String

• Value:

  • Enter your Kiosk ID.

    Example: K08fLFIswGHM9KOXBGjGKfrCFravIo01DmNwSBc9jo6YoKgd

• Purpose: Control if auto-upgrade of the Printix Client is enabled.

• Printix Windows Registry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\printix.net\Printix Client\

• Value name: DisableAutoUpgrade

• Value type: DWORD

• Value – Decimal values (hex value in parenthesis):

  • 0 (0×00000000): Auto-upgrade of the Printix Client is enabled.

  • 1 (0×00000001): Auto-upgrade of the Printix Client is not enabled, but auto-upgrade of third-party components is enabled.

  • 2 (0×00000002): Auto-upgrade of the Printix Client or any third-party component is not enabled.

    While this setting has a value of 2, the initial download of third-party components is also prevented.

• Requirements:

  • Printix Client version 2025.1.0.0 or higher.

• Purpose: Control if communication locally for between the Windows Print Spooler (spoolsv.exe) and PrintixService.exe should be with HTTP (default) or secure with HTTPS.

• Printix Windows Registry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\printix.net\Printix Client\

• Value name: DisableHTTPPrinting

• Value type: DWORD

• Value – Decimal values (hex value in parenthesis):

  • 0 (0×00000000): Local communication with HTTP (TCP port 21339) to allow the PrintixService.exe to listen for print data from the Windows Print Spooler (spoolsv.exe).

  • 1 (0×00000001): Local secure communication with HTTPS (TCP port 21343) to allow the PrintixService.exe to listen for print data from the Windows Print Spooler (spoolsv.exe).

  With a value of 1, Printix Client will, within 10 minutes, convert Printix printers to use TCP port 21343 instead of the previously used TCP port 21339. Printix printers will be converted back to use HTTP printing within 10 minutes after the registry has been changed back to 0 from 1.

• Requirements:

  • Printix Client version 1.3.1245 or higher, but lower than version 2.3.

    Starting from version 2.3, HTTPS is used for printing by default. To enable HTTP printing, configure the EnableHTTPPrint setting.

• Purpose: Control if and how Discover printers requests are handled by the computer.

  By default, the computer accepts the Discover printers requests and examines the list of installed print queues and network subnet information to broadcast for and ping printers, collect information through SNMP, and register the discovered printers in the Printix Cloud by IP address.

  If Printix Home is configured to discover printers by hostname, you can use this Windows Registry setting to control which computer should accept Discover printers requests. The computer examines the list of installed print queues, uses the print queue's hostname to ping the referenced printers, collect information through SNMP, and register the printers in the Printix Cloud by hostname.

• Printix Windows Registry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\printix.net\Printix Client\

• Value name: DiscoverPrintersByHostname

• Value type: DWORD

• Value – Decimal values (hex value in parenthesis):

  • 0 (0×00000000): If Printix Home is configured to discover printers by hostname, the computer ignores any Discover printers requests.

  • 1 (0×00000001): If Printix Home is configured to discover printers by hostname, the computer accepts any Discover printers requests.

• Requirements:

  • Printix Home is configured to discover printers by hostname. See also: How to discover printers by hostname.

  • Printix Client version for Windows is 1.4.0.80 or higher, version for Mac is 1.4.0.53 or higher.

This setting can also be configured on Mac computers. See Mac local settings overview.

• Purpose: Configure whether HTTP or HTTPS is used for printing.

• Printix Windows Registry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\printix.net\Printix Client\

• Value name: EnableHTTPPrint

• Value type: DWORD

• Value – Decimal values (hex value in parenthesis):

  • 0 (0×00000000): IPPS ports are used for printing (default behavior).

  • 1 (0×00000001): IPP ports are used for printing.

    • An HTTP listener is also opened on port 21339 (besides the existing HTTPS listener).

    • The Printix print queues are configured with IPP port, so the submitted print jobs arrive on the HTTP channel.

  When this registry setting is changed, the changes take effect after 10 minutes, or if the Printix Service (or the computer) is restarted.

• Requirements:

  • Printix Client version 2.3 or higher. Starting from version 2.3, HTTPS is used for printing by default.

• Purpose: Make Printix Client believe the computer supports SSO. Relevant if a group policy blocks Printix Client from running the dsregcmd command, which is used to determine if the computer supports SSO.

• Printix Windows Registry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\printix.net\Printix Client\

• Value name: ForceAzurePrt

• Value type: DWORD

• Value – Decimal values (hex value in parenthesis):

  • 0 (0×00000000): Computer is not Microsoft Entra joined and SSO (Single Sign-on) will not work.

  • 1 (0×00000001): Computer is Microsoft Entra joined and SSO (Single Sign-on) will work.

This setting can also be configured on Mac computers. See Mac local settings overview.

• Purpose: Force Printix Client into offline mode. To force computers into offline mode, see the knowledge base for instructions. To see how Printix behaves in offline mode, see What if the Internet connection is lost.

• Printix Windows Registry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\printix.net\Printix Client\

• Value name: ForceOfflineMode

• Value type: DWORD

• Value – Decimal values (hex value in parenthesis):

  • 0 (0×00000000): Disable offline mode.

  • 1 (0×00000001): Enable offline mode.

• Requirements:

  • Printix Client version 1.3.1286 or higher.

• Purpose: If users are signed in to the Printix Client, prevent them from selecting a print queue that they are not allowed to use.

• Printix Windows Registry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\printix.net\Printix Client\

• Value name: useGroupPermissions

• Value type: DWORD

• Value – Decimal values (hex value in parenthesis):

  • 0 (0×00000000): Users signed-in to the Printix Client can select all installed print queues. Exclusive access only prevents signed-in users from printing, and not from selecting the print queue.

  • 1 (0×00000001): Users signed-in to the Printix Client can only select print queues that are not blocked by exclusive access. This is done by setting the security privileges on the print queues accordingly. The groups MUST be in both Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID.

• Purpose: Make Printix Client work with a managed image, which is typically used in connection with: Azure Virtual Desktop, Citrix, Remote Desktop Services (RDS), and VMware Horizon VDI.

• Printix Windows Registry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\printix.net\Printix Client\

• Value name: StartAsVDI

• Value type: DWORD

• Value – Decimal values (hex value in parenthesis):

  • 0 (0×00000000): Printix Client will run as normal.

  • 1 (0×00000001): Printix Client will NOT update itself automatically. It will read and write the user's Printix settings, including access tokens, in the user's Application Data folder.

    • The path to the user's application folder is based on %APPDATA%.

  • 2 (0×00000002): Printix Client will update itself automatically. It will read and write the user's Printix settings, including access tokens, in the user's Application Data folder.

    • The path to the user's application folder is based on %APPDATA%.

  • 999 (0×000003e7): Printix Client will NOT update itself automatically. It will read and write the user's Printix settings, including access tokens, in the user's Application Data folder.

    • The path to the user's application folder is based on %USERPROFILE% and then AppData\Roaming is appended.