Printer Driver Installation Status

Applies To: Windows Server 2008

Printer driver installation status relates to the process of installing or updating printer drivers.

Events

Event ID Source Message

20

Microsoft-Windows-PrintSpooler

Printer driver %1 for %2 %3 was added or updated. Files:- %4. No user action is required.
To stop logging warning events for the print spooler, in Control Panel, open Printers, right-click a blank area of the window, click Server Properties, click the Advanced tab, and then clear the Log spooler warning events check box.

21

Microsoft-Windows-PrintSpooler

Printer driver %1 was deleted. No user action is required.
To stop logging warning events for the print spooler, in Control Panel, open Printers, right-click a blank area of the window, click Server Properties, click the Advanced tab, and then clear the Log spooler warning events check box.

22

Microsoft-Windows-PrintSpooler

Failed to upgrade printer settings for printer %1 driver %2. Error: %3. The device settings for the printer are set to those configured by the manufacturer.

25

Microsoft-Windows-PrintSpooler

File(s) %1 associated with printer %2 were added or updated. No user action is required.
To stop logging warning events for the print spooler, in Control Panel, open Printers, right-click a blank area of the window, click Server Properties, click the Advanced tab, and then clear the Log spooler warning events check box.

52

Microsoft-Windows-PrintSpooler

This version of %1 is incompatible with this version of Windows. Please obtain and install a new version of the driver from the manufacturer (if available), or choose an alternate driver that works with this print device.

55

Microsoft-Windows-PrintSpooler

The attempt for %1 to use a Windows NT 4.0 (kernel mode) driver failed because this version of Windows does not support Windows NT 4.0 printer drivers. Please obtain and install a new version of the driver from the manufacturer (if available), or choose an alternate driver that works with this print device.

62

Microsoft-Windows-PrintSpooler

This version of Windows does not support Windows NT 4.0 (kernel mode) printer drivers and cannot accept the %2 driver from the remote server %1. Please obtain and install a new version of the driver from the manufacturer (if available), or choose an alternate driver that works with this print device.

64

Microsoft-Windows-PrintSpooler

The attempt to install printer %1 into an offline operating system image failed with Win32 error code %2. This can occur if the printer driver requires user input or displays a user interface (UI) during installation.

Printer Driver

Printing Infrastructure