Microsoft printer drivers

Important

The modern print platform is Windows' preferred means of communicating with printers. We recommend that you use Microsoft's IPP inbox class driver, along with Print Support Apps (PSA), to customize the print experience in Windows 10 and 11 for printer device development.

For more information, see Modern print platform and the Print support app design guide.

This section describes how to design, configure, and install printer drivers and print spoolers for the Microsoft Windows operating system.

Introduction to printing

Printer driver overview

Printer driver architecture

Installing and configuring printer drivers

Customizing Microsoft's printer drivers