
Than DriverIsolation=2 assumes DriverIsolation=0. Note The values 1 and 3 for DriverIsolation are reserved for future use. inf entry indicates that the driver can be run in a separate process.
inf file entry indicates that the driver does not support running in a separate They can do this byĪdding a DriverIsolation entry in the Version section of the. Tested and verified to support running in a shared or isolated process. Printer vendors can indicate whether a particular printer driver that they provide has been "Configuring Printer Driver Isolation Mode" later in this tutorial. For more information, see the section titled System Default driver isolation settings. Printer drivers (such as the Microsoft XPS Document Writer), fax, and print-to-file drivers Windows Server 2008 R2 is Shared, whereas the default driver Isolation mode for virtual Note The default driver Isolation mode for in-box printer drivers in Windows 7 and
One or more isolated processes (optional). Therefore, a Windows Server 2008 R2 print server can have the following: Other print queues or drivers on the server will be affected by this crash/restart. Restarted, and the queue associated with the driver will return to the online state. The isolated process will be recycled, the print queue will be If the driver crashes, only the print queue associated with Isolated In this mode, the printer driver will run by itself in a separate process isolatedįrom all other drivers. Queues associated with these drivers will return to the online state. The shared process will be recycled, the drivers in it will be restarted, and the
Queues with drivers in isolated processes or within the spooler process will remain Not crash, but all print queues with drivers in the shared process will be offline (print
Shared The printer driver will run in a separate process with all of the otherĭrivers that are also configured in Shared mode. This mode is the only option on Windows 2000, Windows 2003, and All print queues on the server will be offline while the If a driver crashes, the spooler will crash, and administrators must None In this mode, the printer driver will run in the spooler process and not in a. On Windows Server 2008 R2, each printer driver on the print server can run in one of When the Print Server role service of the Print and Document Services server role is installed Printer driver crashes, the crash doesn't halt the spooler, which would stop all other printers The advantage of doing this is that when an unstable To isolate unstable printer drivers within a separate PrintIsolationHost.exe process Windows Server 2008 R2 that can increase the stability of print servers by allowing administrators Printer driver isolation is a new feature of the printing subsystem in both Windows 7 and