[Bug]: webContents.print fails on macOS with "No printers available on the network"

[SkySails]

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Electron Version

22.0.1

What operating system are you using?

macOS

Operating System Version

macOS Ventura 13.0.1

What arch are you using?

arm64 (including Apple Silicon)

Last Known Working Electron version

No response

Expected Behavior

Calling the below:

window.webContents.print(undefined)

Should open a print dialog, regardless of whether or not any printers are configured.

Actual Behavior

When no printers are currently configured, calling the below:

window.webContents.print(undefined, console.log)

Yields

false  No printers available on the network

While calling

window.webContents.executeJavaScript("window.print();")

Yields the expected dialog:

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While I can use the second approach, it feels like a workaround rather than a solution.

The first approach works fine on Windows 10, perhaps because there are a few default printers such as "Microsoft Print to PDF"?

Testcase Gist URL

https://gist.github.com/8570c187ab7c976b70fd84835db5f27c

Additional Information

Could be slightly related to #24664. The error is not the same, but the result is. According to comments on that issue, this is "expected behavior" - but it is also noted that it is not per spec, as other applications behave differently.

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[SkySails]

This issue is still present in v24.1.2 as well as v25.0.0-alpha.5.

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[SkySails]

This issue is still present in v26.0.0-beta.8.

Additionally, it looks like undefined is no longer acceptable, which contradicts the types. Pressing print (native) yields:

(node:17207) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Error: webContents.print(): Invalid print settings specified.
    at WebContents.print (node:electron/js2c/browser_init:2:84359)
    at /private/var/folders/4d/5942_yrx0d3_wdvtrr8l221r0000gn/T/electron-fiddle-16690-OJTXZeaRLftR/main.js:34:63
    at new Promise (<anonymous>)
    at /private/var/folders/4d/5942_yrx0d3_wdvtrr8l221r0000gn/T/electron-fiddle-16690-OJTXZeaRLftR/main.js:34:5
    at WebContents.<anonymous> (node:electron/js2c/browser_init:2:89068)
    at WebContents.emit (node:events:513:28)

Changing this out for an empty object restores the old behavior, with No printers available on the network being logged instead. The JS solution still works!

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[SkySails]

This issue is still present in v27.0.2 as well as 28.0.0-alpha.6.

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bump

[SkySails]

This issue is still present in v28.2.0 as well as 29.0.0-beta.4.

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[SkySails]

This issue is still present in v30.0.1 and 31.0.0-alpha.2