print driver

Printer communication software

A print driver is software that translates data from a computer into a format a specific printer can understand.

Every printer model requires its own driver to communicate properly with the operating system.

When printing fails or produces garbled output, the print driver is often the culprit: Have you tried reinstalling the print driver?

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