Can't display and change printer setting before launching preview -- Thunderbird gets stuck

Thunderbird (153.4.0esr (64-bit) ) does not display or let the user change its printer setting before launching print preview from the print command. If Thunderbird is set to choose a missing printer, it gets stuck trying to contact the missing device in order to prepare a print preview. It seems to be stuck forever, it does not seem to time out. There is no cancel button. If you close the document tab, you can permanently lose the document if it is a draft email, unless the email service saves it in a trash folder. The printer setting can be cleared if the user manages to learn how to display and clear the troubleshooting information.

Thunderbird needs to display the printer setting and permit the user to change it before launching the print preview operation. It needs to display a cancel button during the print preview operation.