Cannot choose printer when printing HTML report

Hello,
I have lost many many hours trying to print correctly a report that is composed only of a JPEG image.
After a conversation in the forum, I concluded that the LabVIEW has a bug printing Standard Reports, as it cannot manipulate correctly the margins and the scale of the image. But, when using Standard Reports I could choose which printer to use.
So, I use HTML Reports that print the report smoothly, but the choise of the printer has a problem. No matter which printer is chosen by a Ring Menu, it prints to same printer all the time.
Could you please give me any hint to solve this problem?
I attach the corresponding code:
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Hey guys, this is Paul with National Instruments.
Being employed at NI I am obligated to provide a big disclaimer about the information I am about to provide:
MANUALLY CHANGING YOUR WINDOWS REGISTRY CAN CAUSE CORRUPTION AND ERRORS IF YOU ARE NOT CAREFUL. DO SO AT YOUR OWN RISK.
With that being said, nikosfs was on the right track by editing his Windows Registry to perform this action. Please see the following steps, and see if it helps further explain what you need to do:
Open the Registry Editor. To do this, click Start >> Run and type "regedit", then press OK.
Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows. In this key there should be an entry called Device with values that should match up with your default printer.
Right click on the Windows key, choose "Export" from the menu that pops up, and save the Registration File as printer1.reg.
Leaving the Registry Editor open, change your default printer. To do this, go to Start >> Settings >> Printers and Faxes. Right click on the printer that you want your report to print to, and choose the option "Set as Default Printer".
Go back to the Registry Editor, it should be noted that the value of the Device entry has changed to the new default printer. Right click on the Windows key again, choose "Export" from the menu that pops up, and save the Registration File as printer2.reg
These two files may now be used to manipulate your default printer settings in conjunction with the System Exec.vi. The figures below show how to use the registry files and the System Exec.vi.
→ The "/s" in the text field makes sure that this vi will run without interrupting regular user interaction.
→ The path constant is set to "c:\" because the Registration Files were saved directly in the C drive. Change according to location of Registration Files.
Make sure that this operation is called before the Print Report.vi is called, as it will print just to the default printer.
Paul Davidson
Sound and Vibration Software Staff Product Support Engineer
National Instruments

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