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  1. Microsoft Ends New Legacy Printer Drivers in Windows Update by 2026

    Microsoft’s quiet, staged decision to stop publishing new legacy printer drivers (the V3 and V4 models) to Windows Update for Windows 11 marks one of the most consequential — and least understood — shifts in the Windows device ecosystem in years. Effective January 15, 2026, Microsoft moved the...
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  2. Microsoft Ends New Legacy Printer Drivers on Windows Update, Shifts to IPP Inbox Driver

    Microsoft has stopped publishing new legacy printer drivers to Windows Update for Windows 11 and Windows Server 2025 as of January 15, 2026 — a deliberate step in a multi‑year plan to move Windows printing onto a modern, inbox-driven stack and to reduce the attack surface and maintenance burden...
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  3. Windows 11 Ends Legacy V3 V4 Printer Drivers IPP Inbox Class Driver

    Microsoft has quietly begun enforcing a long‑announced cleanup of Windows’ printing stack: starting with January 2026 updates, Windows 11 will stop servicing legacy V3 and V4 printer drivers through Windows Update and will prefer Microsoft's modern IPP inbox class driver and Print Support Apps...
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