3.6.1.2. Drivers

On the Drivers tab you can see the list of print drivers.

• Check Show all to show drivers for all Windows and macOS editions.
• Select System, Print driver, or select and Change print driver
• Select and Lock selection of print driver or Automatic selection of print driver

*Windows 11 support. On the Drivers tab on the Print queue properties page: New term Windows covers Windows 10 ×64 and Windows 11 (there is no Windows 11 ×32). This is to reflect that print drivers and print driver configurations for Windows 11 are the same for Windows 10 ×64.

*Windows Server 2022 support. The term Windows Server covers Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019 and Windows Server 2022.

• Select Add a new configuration to add a new print driver configuration.
  • Select the Modify icon to rename the print driver configuration.
  • Select the Setup icon to modify the print driver configuration.
  • Select the Delete icon to delete the print driver configuration.

Update print queue on computers

1. Select Update print queue on computers.

Distribute print queue configuration

1. Select Distribute print queue configuration.

Print drivers page

1. Search for print driver.
   Uppercase and lowercase letters are treated the same.
   • Check Show only uploaded print drivers to list print drivers that has been uploaded and added to your Printix driver store.
   • If the print driver is uploaded the date and time of the upload is shown below the print driver name.
   • Select Filters to filter by Latest version and Language.
   • Select and Modify to select the Language the print driver is using (Example: Español) and write an optional Comment. Unknown language is shown if the language has not been confirmed. Universal print drivers often support Multiple languages. Print drivers in the Printix driver store that were published before this functionality was introduced (May 2017) may be shown as Unknown language, but in most cases the driver will be in English.
   • Select Load more at the bottom of the page to see more drivers.
   • Select Refresh to refresh the list.
2. Select print driver.
   • If the printer does not support the print driver’s output, then either nothing comes out when you print, or you will get pages with lots of weird looking characters.
   • If you do not see a print driver listed for a specific model, check to see if it is included as part of a series of printers. For example, a printer with the model number 603 might use the print driver for the “600” or “600 Series.”
   • If there are multiple matching print drivers and their name includes for example PCL 6 or PostScript, then cross-check with the printer’s supported formats (page description language) listed on the page, for example: POSTSCRIPT, PCLXL (same as PCL 6), …
   • Host-based printers (typically cheaper printers) has built-in support for Windows Graphical Device Interface (GDI) and rely on the Windows computer to rasterize the pages into dots (bitmaps).

3. Select Change print driver. The print driver selection will be locked
4. Optionally use Print test page to make sure the print driver works properly with the printer.