Windows 7 / Getting Started

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Creating and Using Driver Filters

A new feature of Print Management in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 is the ability to create custom driver filters to simplify the task of managing all of your printer drivers on your print servers. To create a custom driver filter, follow these steps:

1. Right-click the Custom Filters node in Print Management and select Add New Driver Filter.
2. Type a name and description for the new filter. For example, type Legacy Drivers for a filter that displays printer drivers that don't support driver isolation.
3. Click Next and specify up to six filter criteria for your new filter. For example, to filter for printer drivers that don't support driver isolation, select the Driver Isolation field and the Is Exactly condition, and type None for the value.
4. Click Next and continue configuring the filter as described in the previous section.

Table blow lists the filter criteria fields, conditions, and possible values that you can specify when you create a custom driver filter.

Field	Conditions	Value
Driver Name Driver Version Provider Environment Driver File Path Config File Path Data File Path Default Datatype Hardware ID Help File Path Language Monitor Manufacturer OEM URL Inf Path Print Processor Driver Data Type Driver Isolation Server Name	Is exactly, is not exactly, begins with, not begin with, ends with, not end with, contains, not contains	(type a value to specify)
Packaged	Is exactly, is not exactly	False, true