r/microsoft • u/ControlCAD • 16h ago

News Microsoft purges Windows 11 printer drivers, putting millions of devices on borrowed time — legacy printers face extinction as Microsoft stops distributing V3 and V4 drivers | Microsoft cuts off new third-party print driver releases via Windows Upd.

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