Microsoft updates “Universal Print”
This week at its Ignite 2023 conference, Microsoft announced new features for its Microsoft Universal Print, its cloud-based print solution.
- Pull-printing - users release jobs for printing by using the printer’s control panel or touchscreen by authenticating themselves and selecting their print job
- User authentication is provided via the Microsoft 365 mobile app, QR code, PIN code, or employee badge.
- Administrators can now delegate printer management responsibilities to others.
- Using the Universal Print portal, the Print Jobs page now includes a new column that provides more information about the print-job queue.
- guidance to help administrators resolve common printer problems.
- Instead of third-party print drivers, Windows will now switch to the Microsoft Universal Print Drive that supports the Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) and Mopria Alliance print standards.
- will stop accepting third-party drivers in Windows Updates in 2025.
- Updates to existing printer drivers will still be allowed, but drivers for new printers will no longer be added.