Get the updated core driver package

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.

After you obtain the Microsoft standalone update (MSU) file containing the updated core driver package, the next step is to expand the contents of the MSU file.

To make the contents of the core driver package accessible to the PnP installer, open a Command Prompt window and use the expand command to expand the MSU file. Also expand the appropriate cabinet (.cab) file, which has a name that starts with "Windows6.0-", that is contained in the MSU file.

The following example shows how to use the expand command, which should be executed in the directory that contains the MSU file:

expand Windows6.0-KB123456-x86.MSU [dest directory] -F:*
expand Windows6.0-KB123456-x86.CAB [dest directory] -F:*

Following these two commands, the directory will contain a number of manifest files and subdirectories. One of these subdirectories will contain Ntprint.inf and the uncompressed driver components. This directory has a name that begins with the processor architecture for the fix (for example, x86), to which is appended "ntprint.inf", a GUID, and additional tracking information.