diff --git a/crates/print/src/tests/windows_native.rs b/crates/print/src/tests/windows_native.rs
index 04dcff75..db8b5c02 100644
--- a/crates/print/src/tests/windows_native.rs
+++ b/crates/print/src/tests/windows_native.rs
@@ -409,9 +409,15 @@ fn windows_jobs_reach_the_spooler() {
         eprintln!("skipping the real print: the test printer could not be prepared: {why}");
         return;
     }
+    let queries = || crate::windows::CAPABILITY_QUERIES.with(std::cell::Cell::get);
+    let start = queries();
     let listed = spool::printers().into_iter().find(|p| p.name == name);
-    // The list a Print dialog shows first: the same queue, named without asking its driver.
+    let probed = queries().saturating_sub(start);
+    // The list a Print dialog shows first: the same queue, named without asking its driver (a
+    // networked printer in power save can hold that query, storytold/wordcraft#5710).
+    let start = queries();
     let queue = spool::printer_queues().into_iter().find(|p| p.name == name);
+    let unprobed = queries().saturating_sub(start);
     let mixed = test_pdf(&[LETTER, LETTER_LANDSCAPE, LETTER], true);
     let job = Job { printer: Some(name.into()), title: "mixed.pdf".into(), ..Job::default() };
     let caller = std::thread::current().id();
@@ -452,7 +458,9 @@ fn windows_jobs_reach_the_spooler() {
         name,
     );
     assert!(listed.as_ref().is_some_and(|p| p.two_sided.is_some()), "the new printer is listed, its duplex support known: {listed:?}");
-    assert!(queue.as_ref().is_some_and(|p| p.two_sided.is_none()), "the new printer is listed with no driver query: {queue:?}");
+    assert!(queue.as_ref().is_some_and(|p| p.two_sided.is_none()), "the new printer is listed, its duplex support unknown: {queue:?}");
+    assert!(probed > 0, "printers() asks each driver, so the count sees driver queries: {probed}");
+    assert_eq!(unprobed, 0, "printer_queues() asks no driver");
     assert_eq!(sent.as_deref(), Ok("spooled 3 sheet(s)"), "{sent:?}");
     if let Some(refused) = duplex_refused {
         assert!(matches!(refused, Err(Error::Spool(ref m)) if m.contains("simplex/duplex") && m.contains("nothing was sent")), "{refused:?}");
diff --git a/crates/print/src/windows.rs b/crates/print/src/windows.rs
index 20fb7176..cf598d75 100644
--- a/crates/print/src/windows.rs
+++ b/crates/print/src/windows.rs
@@ -60,10 +60,19 @@ fn spooler_list(two_sided: impl Fn(&PrinterDevice) -> Option<bool>) -> Vec<Print
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(test)]
+thread_local! {
+    /// The driver capability queries printer discovery made on this thread, so a test can show
+    /// that [`printer_queues`] makes none.
+    pub(crate) static CAPABILITY_QUERIES: std::cell::Cell<usize> = const { std::cell::Cell::new(0) };
+}
+
 /// Whether the printer's driver takes two-sided settings: its PrintCapabilities offer a two-sided
 /// option for the feature the job's ticket sets. `None` when the capabilities can't be read. A
 /// driver without one cannot confirm an explicit two-sided request, which is refused before submission.
 fn two_sided(device: &PrinterDevice) -> Option<bool> {
+    #[cfg(test)]
+    CAPABILITY_QUERIES.with(|n| n.set(n.get().saturating_add(1)));
     let capabilities = {
         let _provider = print_ticket_provider();
         PrintCapabilities::fetch(device)