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Drivers Xerox Global Print Driver The free Xerox Global Print Driver manages Xerox and non-Xerox printers on your network with a single, easy-to-use interface. It dramatically simplifies enterprise printer management for IT managers, making it easy to add and update printers without changing drivers. Select Add Printer at the top of the window. After the wizard started, select The printer that I want isn't listed. Select Add a local printer or network printer with manual settings, and then select Next. On the Choose a Printer Port page, select the desired port, and then select Next. On the Install the printer driver page, select Windows Update.
This article provides a workaround to an issue in which a printer drive cannot be installed from Windows Update in Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server 2019.
Original product version: Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2016
Original KB number: 4033208
Symptoms
Consider the following scenario:
- You install a printer by using the Add a printer using the TCP/IP address or hostname option in the Add Printer Wizard.
- On the Type a printer hostname or IP address page, you select TCP/IP device as the Device type, and then you enter the hostname or IP address for the printer.
- You select the Query the printer and automatically select the driver to use check box.
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In this scenario, the printer driver that is provided through Windows Update does not install automatically. Instead, one of the following actions occurs:
- You are prompted to use an inbox Class Driver.
- If no inbox Class Driver exists, you are prompted to select the driver to be used.
Cause
Windows searches for driver .inf files through Windows Update only for printers that are installed by using a USB or WSD (Web Services Device) connection. Windows searches in the local INF folder only for printers that are installed as a TCP/IP device.
Workaround
On the Printer Driver Selection page, click the Windows Update button to download the list of drivers that are available on Windows Update, and then select the make and model of your printer.
More Information
For enterprises that use the TCP/IP device option, the desired drivers can be stored on a network location, and that location can be appended to the DevicePath value. To do this, follow these steps:
- In Registry Editor, locate the following subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionDevicePath - Update the subkey to add value data for the local path for the driver installation.
For example, change the value data from the default entry (%systemroot%inf) to the following path:
%systemroot%inf;serverDriverShare
In addition, the .inf file must have an entry that lists only the HWID of the printer. For example:
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You must contact the printer manufacturer for an updated driver that has an updated .inf file. After you obtain and store the correct file, the Add Printer Wizard can preselect the driver that is associated with the printer's HWID.