Microsoft Pulls Printer Drivers from Windows 10 Version 1809

Starting with Windows 10 version 1809 (October 2018 Update), printer and scanner drivers no longer come as part of the standard operating system image.

This means that drivers for such hardware need to be installed from Windows Update, therefore an Internet connection is required to download the most recent software.

In a recent announcement, Microsoft explains that the change has been implemented specifically with the purpose of making the Windows image lighter.

“Starting with Windows 10, version 1809, inbox print and scan drivers have moved to Windows Update. Prior versions of Windows included basic printer drivers that enabled simple printing when a full feature driver was not available. To reduce the Windows footprint and provide more storage space to users, these drivers no longer ship with the OS and instead are available thr... (read more)

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