Print Driver Manifests

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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.

A print driver package may contain two kinds of manifest:

  • Application manifests are required for all Windows Vista drivers as a security feature. For more information on application manifests, see Guidelines for Writing Device Installation Applications.

  • Theme manifests are an option for print drivers for controlling the appearance of the print application UI.

For more information on theme manifests, see Using Theme Manifests.