The ability to update the printer driver while preserving all the user settings/configurations without restarting the system is now available in version 15.75 of the Black Ice Printer Driver!

The new feature to update the Printer Driver without restarting the system has been a highly anticipated feature by corporate customers with thousands of installations.

This release is a critical update that makes it feasible for corporate customers to stay up-to-date with the latest printer drivers. Previously; system administrators were hesitant to update the printer driver due to fact that the old printer driver had to be uninstalled, the system had to then be rebooted, and then a new version could be installed with the pre configuration INI file.

The new update feature is only available in the “End User printer drivers”. The update feature is also available in Microsoft MSI Installers and InstallShield MSI installers. The Printer Driver Update is backward compatible with printer driver version 14.70. Earlier versions prior to 14.70 of the printer driver cannot be updated.

The limitation of the Printer Driver updates are:

• Manually Activated/Registered printer drivers cannot be updated.
• Internet connection required though SSL port 443 or Proxy server.
• The Printer Driver update feature is NOT available in the OEM printer drivers.

For full list of changes, please refer to the version history:

• Added the Printer Driver Update feature to Printer Driver interactive installers
• Added the Printer Driver Update feature to Printer Driver MSI installers (#9544)
• Stability improvement for using the OCR feature in high resolution on 32 bit systems (#11586)
• Stability improvement for removing the content based/mail merge tags from the Text Output (#11589)
• Minor user interface improvements (#11599, #11600)
• Updated manuals

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