Printer Driver Installation Status

This is preliminary documentation and subject to change.

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