Error Before you can perform printer related tasks...you need to install a printer in FIMS on Azure Cloud
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Error Before you can perform printer related tasks...you need to install a printer in FIMS on Azure Cloud

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When attempting to print from FIMS on Azure Cloud, the following error occurs:

Answer:

Verify that you have a printer installed on your workstation and that the printer that you would like to use is marked as default.
Set a default printer in Windows - Microsoft Support


After you make changes with printers on your computer, close out FIMS completely and then log back in.

If you already have a default printer set:

  • Be sure that the default printer is not a PDF writer.
  • Change the default printer to another printer and save that, then change it back to the printer you would like as default.
  • Log out of FIMS completely and then back in.
  • Check and see how the “Let Windows manage my default printer” is set in Windows. Per the article below, you may want to uncheck this setting. See the following for details:
Solved: Default printer changes automatically windows 10 (windows101tricks.com) 

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