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Remove duplicated or redirected printers

When choosing a printer in Dimensions, duplicate entries appear as 'Printer name (Redirected 2)'. Follow these steps to remove them. These steps must be carried out by your IT team.

  1. Contact your IT team — these steps must be carried out by them.

  2. Take a backup of the computer registry.

  3. On the computer, press the Windows key.

  4. Type regedit and press Enter.

  5. Go to HKEY_USERS\[User SID]\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Devices.

  6. Remove the redirected printer entries from the list.

  7. Check in Dimensions to confirm the duplicate printers have been removed.

  8. If they still appear, go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\PrinterPorts.

  9. Remove the redirected printer entries from there too.

  10. Check in Dimensions again to confirm the printers have been removed.

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