Microsoft will no longer provide new drivers from printer manufacturers via Windows Update starting in 2025, the company has announced (fave.co/3Pq2fLY). It says doing so will make Windows 11 even more secure.
Up to now, printer manufacturers canMicrosoft, and the tech giant then distributes them via Windows Update. Starting in 2025, however, Microsoft will no longer accept new drivers from manufacturers. The proprietary drivers, installers, and tools of the printer manufacturers haven’t been necessary since Windows 10 21H2’s release in 2021, because since then the operating system has supported Mopria-compliant network and USB printers with the universal Microsoft IPP class driver (Mopria, , is an association of printer and scanner manufacturers to produce drivers for printers, multifunction, devices and scanners. Windows supports Mopria). There are also printer support apps in the Windows Store () that offer additional possibilities.
