Policy
Turn on printing of background colors and images
Windows 11 25H2
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
This policy setting specifies whether Internet Explorer prints background colors and images when the user prints a webpage. Including background colors and images might reduce the speed at which a page is printed and the quality of the printing, depending on the capabilities of the printer. If you enable this policy setting, the printing of background colors and images is turned on. The user cannot turn it off. If you disable this policy setting, the printing of background colors and images is turned off. The user cannot turn it on. If you do not configure this policy setting, the user can turn on or turn off the printing of background colors and images.
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
| Registry location | Type | Enabled value | Disabled value |
|---|---|---|---|
| HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Print_Background | REG_SZ | yes | no |
Policy elements
Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.
This policy has no additional user input fields.