Printer Driver Installation Reference

The functions in this section install and configure printer drivers on a computer.

In this section

Function	Description
AddMonitor	The AddMonitor function installs a local port monitor and links the configuration, data, and monitor files.
AddPort	The AddPort function adds the name of a port to the list of supported ports. The AddPort function is exported by the port monitor.
AddPrinterDriver	The AddPrinterDriver function installs a local or remote printer driver and associates the configuration, data, and driver files. For more flexibility in installing or upgrading printer drivers, use the AddPrinterDriverEx function because it allows strict upgrade, strict downgrade, copying of newer files only, and copying of all files (regardless of the file time stamps). Note: Installing a printer driver without a driver package is no longer recommended. Use InstallPrinterDriverFromPackage instead.
AddPrinterDriverEx	The AddPrinterDriverEx function installs a local or remote printer driver and links the configuration, data, and driver files. Besides having the capabilities of AddPrinterDriver, it also has options that permit strict upgrade, strict downgrade, copying of newer files only, and copying of all files (regardless of file time stamps). Note: Installing a printer driver without a driver package is no longer recommended. Use InstallPrinterDriverFromPackage instead.
AddPrintProcessor	The AddPrintProcessor function installs a print processor on the specified server and adds the print-processor name to the list of supported print processors.
AddPrintProvidor	The AddPrintProvidor function installs a local print provider and links the configuration, data, and provider files.
CorePrinterDriverInstalled	The CorePrinterDriverInstalled function reports whether a core printer driver with a specified GUID, date, and version is installed.
DeleteMonitor	The DeleteMonitor function removes a port monitor added by the AddMonitor function.
DeletePort	The DeletePort function displays a dialog box that allows the user to delete a port name.
DeletePrinterDriver	The DeletePrinterDriver function removes the specified printer-driver name from the list of names of supported drivers on a server. To delete the files associated with the driver in addition to removing the specified printer-driver name from the list of names of supported drivers for a server, use the DeletePrinterDriverEx function. DeletePrinterDriver deletes a driver only if no version of the driver is in use for the specified environment. DeletePrinterDriverEx can delete specific versions of the driver.
DeletePrinterDriverEx	The DeletePrinterDriverEx function removes the specified printer-driver name from the list of names of supported drivers on a server and deletes the files associated with the driver. This function can also delete specific versions of the driver.
DeletePrinterDriverPackage	Deletes a printer driver package from the driver store.
DeletePrintProcessor	The DeletePrintProcessor function removes a print processor added by the AddPrintProcessor function.
DeletePrintProvidor	The DeletePrintProvidor function removes a print provider added by the AddPrintProvidor function.
EnumMonitors	The EnumMonitors function retrieves information about the port monitors installed on the specified server.
EnumPorts	The EnumPorts function enumerates the ports that are available for printing on a specified server.
EnumPrinterDrivers	The EnumPrinterDrivers function enumerates the printer drivers installed on a specified printer server.
EnumPrintProcessorDatatypes	The EnumPrintProcessorDatatypes function enumerates the data types that a specified print processor supports.
EnumPrintProcessors	The EnumPrintProcessors function enumerates the print processors installed on the specified server.
GetCorePrinterDrivers	Retrieves GUID, version, and date of the specified core printer drivers and the path to their packages.
GetPrinterDriver	The GetPrinterDriver function retrieves driver data for the specified printer. If the driver is not installed on the local computer, GetPrinterDriver installs it.
GetPrinterDriver2	The GetPrinterDriver2 function retrieves driver data for the specified printer. If the driver is not installed on the local computer, GetPrinterDriver2 installs it and displays any user interface to the specified window.
GetPrinterDriverDirectory	The GetPrinterDriverDirectory function retrieves the path of the printer-driver directory.
GetPrinterDriverPackagePath	Retrieves the path to the specified printer driver package on a print server.
GetPrintProcessorDirectory	The GetPrintProcessorDirectory function retrieves the path to the print processor directory on the specified server.
InstallPrinterDriverFromPackage	Installs a printer driver from a driver package that is in the print server's driver store.
UploadPrinterDriverPackage	Uploads a printer driver to the print server's driver store so that it can be installed by calling InstallPrinterDriverFromPackage.