Policy

Enable Device Control Printing Restrictions

Microsoft Windows

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Enable Device Control Printing Restrictions
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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

User
Category
Control Panel > Printers
Supported on
At least Windows Server 2016, Windows 10

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, WindowsServer2016

Determines whether Device Control Printing Restrictions are enforced for printing on this computer. By default, there are no restrictions to printing based on connection type or printer Make/Model. If you enable this setting, the computer will restrict printing to printer connections on the corporate network or approved USB-connected printers. If you disable this setting or do not configure it, there are no restrictions to printing based on connection type or printer Make/Model.

Internal name
EnableDeviceControlUser
Policy ID
e2b11c6ef9a6
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
User
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Printers
Value name
EnableDeviceControl
REG_DWORD
HKCU
1
HKCU
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · User
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Printers
Value name
EnableDeviceControl
Hive
HKCU
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0

Policy elements

Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.

This policy has no additional user input fields.