Microsoft acknowledges three new Windows 11 issues impacting Printing & installation of printers

Microsoft has acknowledged three new Windows 11 issues that impact printing and installation of printers. Microsoft has also informed that they are working on a resolution and will provided the fix in a future update.

One of issue impacts “Custom printing properties” that might not be correctly provided to print server clients. Two other issues impact installation of printers which may fail over some network connections and while using Internet Printing Protocol (IPP). Read the details below.

Installation of printers might fail when attempted over some network connections
Status	Originating update	History
Confirmed	N/A	Last updated: 2021-10-13, 16:50 PT Opened: 2021-10-13, 12:34 PT
Devices which attempt to connect to a network printer for the first time might fail to download and install the necessary printer drivers. This issue has been observed in devices which access printers via a print server, using HTTP connections. When a client connects to the server to install the printer, a directory mismatch occurs, which causes the installer files to generate incorrectly. As a result, the drivers may not download. Note: The printer connection methods described in this issue are not commonly used by devices designed for home use. The printing environments affected by this issue are more commonly found in enterprises and organizations. Workaround: IT administrators with admin privileges can still install printer drivers on the client through other means, such as copying packaged drivers from a known good package location. Only the automatic download and installation processes are impacted by this issue. Next steps: Microsoft is working on a resolution and targeting its release in a future update.

Custom printing properties might not be correctly provided to print server clients
Status	Originating update	History
Confirmed	N/A	Last updated: 2021-10-13, 16:16 PT Opened: 2021-10-13, 12:28 PT
Printing properties defined on that server might not be correctly provided to clients. Note this issue is specific to print servers and does not impact standard network printing. This issue will not cause printing operations to fail, however, custom settings defined on the server – for example, duplex print settings – will not be applied automatically, and clients will print with default settings only. This issue results from an improper building of the data file which contains the printer properties. Clients which receive this data file will not be able to use the file content and will instead proceed with default printing settings. Servers which use default print settings and have no custom settings to provide to clients are unaffected. Note: The printer connection methods described in this issue are not commonly used by devices designed for home use. The printing environments affected by this issue are more commonly found in enterprises and organizations. Workaround: IT administrators with admin privileges can still install printer drivers on the client through other means, such as copying packaged drivers from a known good package location. Additionally, clients can still be modified manually to adopt desired printer settings. Next steps: Microsoft is working on a resolution and targeting its release in a future update.

Installation of printers via Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) might not succeed
Status	Originating update	History
Confirmed	N/A	Last updated: 2021-10-13, 16:16 PT Opened: 2021-10-13, 12:32 PT
Installation of printers using Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) might not complete successfully. Note: IPP is not commonly used by devices designed for home use. The printing environments affected by this issue are more commonly found in enterprises and organizations. Next steps: Microsoft is working on a resolution and targeting its release in a future update.