Книга: Windows Server 2012 R2 Storage, Security, & Networking Pocket Consultant

Managing printer drivers

Managing printer drivers

In a Windows Server 2012 R2 domain you should configure and update printer drivers only on your print servers. You don’t need to update printer drivers on Windows clients. Instead, you configure the network printer to provide the drivers to client systems as necessary.

You can update a printer’s driver by following these steps:

1. Open the printer’s Properties dialog box, and then tap or click the Advanced tab.

2. In the Driver list, you can select the driver from a list of currently installed drivers. Use the Driver list to select a new driver from a list of known drivers.

3. If the driver you need isn’t listed or if you obtained a new driver, tap or click New Driver to start the Add Printer Driver Wizard. Tap or click Next.

4. If the device manufacturer and model you’re using aren’t displayed in the list, tap or click Windows Update. Windows connects to the Windows Update Web site to update the list of printers to show additional models. This feature is part of the automatic driver provisioning feature. It can take several minutes to retrieve the updated list. You should then be able to select your printer manufacturer and model.

5. If the device manufacturer and model you’re using still aren’t displayed in the list, choose Have Disk to install the new driver from a file or disc. In the Install From Disk dialog box, enter the folder path to the printer driver file or tap or click Browse to find the printer driver file by using the Locate File dialog box. Tap or click OK.

6. Tap or click Next, and then tap or click Finish.

After you install a printer or change drivers, you might want to select the operating systems that should download the driver from the print server. By enabling clients to download the printer driver, you provide a single location for installing driver updates. This way, instead of having to install a new driver on all the client systems, you install the driver on the print server and enable clients to download the new driver.

You can enable clients to download the new driver by following these steps:

1. Press and hold or right-click the icon of the printer you want to configure, and then tap or click Printer Properties.

2. Tap or click the Sharing tab, and then tap or click Additional Drivers.

3. In the Additional Drivers dialog box, select operating systems that can download the printer driver. As necessary, insert the Windows Server 2012 R2 installation media, printer driver discs, or both for the selected operating systems. The Windows Server 2012 R2 installation media has drivers for most Windows operating systems.

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