I read the article and am not sure if this will be implemented in Windows 10 or not. I still use a 20 year old HP laserjet via Vista drivers that install OK for now, will I be forced to get a new printer?
I guess Windows/Android have something similar.
The key point here is that Microsoft will refuse to WHQL-sign or publish third-party printer drivers from 2027 onwards.
Third-party drivers, without WHQL-signing, will continue to be installable past 2027 on the provided timeline if the manufacturer provides them.
It is only for resource-constrained machines of the early-1990s that printer-drivers needed any kind of kernel-level access to a system; with IPP and modern USB stacks no-longer needing any kind of kernel module, I'm not seeing how this should be a problem for anyone except domestic spy agencies losing the ability to suppeptiously intercept every printed document.
"The HP forums say it’s not possible, but it’s actually pretty easy to do. [...] Windows will try to install it and it will look like it’s installed but it wont actually work. You’ll be able to see it in the device manager as an “unspecified device”, but you wont be able to print."
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