V4 Printer Driver Connectivity
Important
The modern print platform is Windows' preferred means of communicating with printers. We recommend that you use Microsoft's IPP inbox class driver, along with Print Support Apps (PSA), to customize the print experience in Windows 10 and 11 for printer device development.
For more information, see Modern print platform and the Print support app design guide.
The v4 printer driver connectivity model enables the use of, for example, Bidi and Web Services for Devices (WSD) to communicate with a print device.
This section discusses the following v4 printer driver connectivity topics: