Best Practices Guide for Developing Printer Drivers
Updated: November 5, 2008
This paper provides information about printer drivers for the Windows family of operating systems. It provides printer driver developers and testers with important information about how to build a high quality printer driver. In particular, it calls out many of the best practices to implement during driver development and testing.
This information applies for the following operating systems:
Windows 7
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Vista
Included in this paper:
| • | Setup Guidelines |
| • | Device Configuration |
| • | Driver Guidelines |
| • | Security Guidelines |
| • | Development and Testing Guidelines |
Windows XP users: Download the XPS Essentials Pack to create and view XPS files. XPS is a simple, secure e-paper format that ensures accurate document reproduction across a range of devices. Learn more about XPS here.
