Microsoft Won't Kill Support For Your Legacy Printer In Windows 11 After All

If you've been stressing out about Microsoft abandoning driver support for your legacy printer in Windows 11 based on messaging it relayed in its Windows Roadmap document, stress no more. In no uncertain terms, Microsoft confirmed that if your crusty old printer is currently working in Windows, it will continue to do so for the foreseeable future.

That wasn't necessarily the case just a few short weeks ago. Originally, Microsoft stated in its Windows Roadmap document that starting in January of this year, "Windows will no longer support V3 and V4 printer drivers. These older models were announced as deprecated in September 2023."

One of my least favorite things to do is troubleshoot a printer issue—I'd rather dip myself in honey and fight off a swarm of bees. Printers are notorious for being finicky with Windows (and other platforms, really), and so abandoning driver support for ...