Configuring Windows Ready Print driver ranking
This week is all about Windows Ready Print driver ranking. Driver ranking on itself is not something new, but it is getting more attention with Windows 11 version 26H2. Especially because the configuration of driver ranking is now also part of the latest security baseline for Windows. The Windows Ready Print driver ranking fits perfectly in the storyline of the end of servicing of third-party printer drivers. That storyline goes from no longer publishing new printer drivers to Windows Update, which started in January 2026, to always preferring the Microsoft IPP Class Driver in the driver ranking order, which started in July 2026, to only allowing security-related fixes for third-party printer drivers, which will start in July 2027. The Microsoft IPP Class Driver supports printers …