This application relates to printer drivers. In particular, the application relates to improved printer driver software which enable the user to access any of various printing devices on a network.
-->The UFR II/UFRII LT V4 Printer Driver can be downloaded from the Canon web site. This application can be used with imageRUNNER Series, imageRUNNER ADVANCE Series, imagePRESS Series, imageCLASS Series, and i-SENSYS Series devices. The v4 print driver model was developed with built-in support for UI customization using printer extensions or UWP device apps for printing. Additional UI customization design considerations are described in the following sections. Download ULi PCI Fast Ethernet Controller for Windows to net driver. Join or Sign In. Sign in to add and modify your software.
The v4 print driver model was developed with built-in support for UI customization using printer extensions or UWP device apps for printing.
Additional UI customization design considerations are described in the following sections.
Print Preferences
All v4 print drivers work with print preferences, however, it is important to maintain the boundaries between the configuration and UI layers in order to ensure maximum consistency across all scenarios. Since there may not be any printer extensions or UWP device apps installed (or they may have been installed automatically), v4 print drivers need to ensure that the print drivers are functional without a customized printer preferences experience. In particular, this means that the PrintTicket and PrintCapabilities support should be complete and comprehensive in the GPD/PPD + JavaScript constraints implementation in the driver.
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Some constraint validation in the printer extension or UWP device app could be helpful in terms of providing a highly informative, interactive experience, but it should not replace the driver's validation, which is considered authoritative.
Printer extensions and UWP device apps should use the IPrinterQueue::SendBidiQuery method instead of making any direct network calls to a network resource. If a network resource must be contacted, it should be done on another thread, or asynchronously in order to prevent UI from hanging. Data should be cached after it is retrieved to make future calls faster.
Printer Notifications
Printer notifications are driven by Bidi and by the DriverEvent XML file. In order to better manage battery life and to minimize interruptions, however, notifications will only be shown when a user is printing.
While print preferences are contextual to the app that is printing, printer notifications are not. The following flow chart explains the decision tree that Windows uses to determine the behavior of printer notifications. If available, UWP device apps take precedence over printer extensions.
Note It is important to be aware of the fact that, if you try to use a custom UI to show a notification in the Windows 8 environment by calling GetForegroundWindow, the notification window will not be displayed. This is because the operating system tries to assign a higher priority to the thread that creates a foreground window using GetForegroundWindow, and this is not allowed for dialogs in the Windows 8 environment. If you want to use a custom UI to display a notification in the Windows 8 environment, you must do so by calling GetDesktopWindow.
Creating Driver Events. V4 print drivers use a DriverEvent XML file to describe Bidi queries and the triggers that should cause a driver event to be raised. And it is important to note that driver events only support standard strings. For more information about standard strings, see AsyncUI Default Resource File String Resources. In the current implementation, this will cause an AsyncUIBalloon message to be created and published using the MS-PAN protocol. This implementation may change in the future to improve performance, so it is crucial to develop your v4 print driver such that it does not take dependencies on the underlying protocol.
The following diagram shows the protocol utilization.
Driver Event XML Sample. The following XML code snippet specifies one driver event. The event checks for yellow ink to be less than 21% of the total capacity as reported by Bidi. If this occurs, an AsyncUIBalloon message is created with the string that is referenced by resourceID 132. In other words, the message would say that '%1' is low on toner/ink.' where Resource 2002 ('Yellow'), would be substituted for %1.
Driver Event Schema. The DriverEvent schema is available in the Windows Driver Kit as IncludeumPrinterDriverEvents.xsd.
Driver Event XML Validation. As long as you describe your DriverEvent XML properly in the driver manifest, the XML file is automatically validated by the INFGate tool.
Related topics
AsyncUIBalloon
AsyncUI Default Resource File String Resources
IPrinterQueue::SendBidiQuery
MS-PAN protocol
This is a quick how-to for adding additional print drivers to your print server. This is a very easy method, especially if you have existing computers that are of a different platform than your server and have been able to print. This method does require administrative rights so be prepared to enter your credentials.
For this example I will be adding the x86 drivers to a x64 server. This particular setup is from Windows 7 32-bit to Windows 2008R2 64-bit.
8 Steps total
Step 1: Log In
Log into server or workstation that has a current set of drivers that you want to add to your new print server.
Step 2: Run MMC.EXE
Run mmc.exe, you will most likely need to enter administrator credentials if you have UAC setup.
Step 3: Add Print Management
Click on Add/Remove Snap-In, then find Print Management > Add
Step 4: Add Server
Type in the address by either IP address or DNS name of the print server which you want to add additional drivers to, then click Add to List, then Finish. Click OK on the Add/Remove Snap-In Window to return to Console Root view.
Step 5: Browse Print Server
Once you have gone to tree view of the Console Root browse down to Print Management > Print Servers > Your Server > Printers
Step 6: Printer Properties
You should now see the listing of printers on that particular server on the right side of the print management console. Right click on the printer which you want to add additional drivers for and go to Printer Properties...
Step 7: Sharing
Click on the Sharing tab of the Printer Properties dialog.
Step 8: Additional Drivers
Click on the Additional Drivers button on the lower portion of the Sharing Tab. Once the Additional Drivers window opens click on the driver set that the computer you are on has that needs to go to that print server. The location window may open, but copying will start immediately after you click OK.
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- Habanerochris.hone.5688 Jan 10, 2017 at 08:20am
Why wouldn't you just go direct to the server that was acting as your print server? So much easier that way.
- PimientoBrandon5197 Jan 24, 2019 at 10:40pm
All those steps to install print services, but you don't actually show how to install additional print drivers. What a waste of time.
- Serranochris.lubinski Mar 8, 2019 at 01:24pm
It was a decent article but I agree with Chris.hone. I am not sure why you wouldn't just open print management. Aside from that either before step 8 or as a note. IF additional drivers is greyed out when you open right-click on the printer and select 'Manage Sharing' You will need to stop sharing the printer close the properties window and reopen it and you should be able then to add additional drivers to the printer selected.