Microsoft recently released a feature update for its browser. Version 109 is now available in the stable channel, and you can read about the changes in our specific coverage. Although the release notes do not mention any known issues, users have noticed that the browser has difficulty working with certain printers after updating to version 109. Affected operating systems include Windows 10 and 11.
As reported. Borncity.com, printers with special characters in their names, such as the German Ü (umlaut), are causing Edge’s print interface to hang and crash after pressing Ctrl + P or selecting the Print option. Affected users can work around the problem by using Windows’ native print interface (Ctrl + Shift + P) or by removing special characters from the printer. Other users say that enabling Internet Explorer mode for these pages solves the problem. For most users, though, renaming the problematic printer will be the best solution:
- open up Setting app and go to Bluetooth & Devices > Printers & Scanners.
- Click the printer containing special characters.
- select Printer features.
- Click Change properties. and change the printer name.
Interestingly, this bug does not affect other Chromium-based browsers, such as Google Chrome.
