For ease of setting up a printer on a new or reinstalled machine, you are able to backup printer drivers. Here're the exact steps you should follow.

Over the years, the printers have grown to be a little more user friendly when it comes to the consumer interface and even the motive force installation. Actually, Windows 10 makes the printer driver installation as painless as possible. However, in case your printer needs a specific group of drivers, it's really a problem when you are moving it to another computer or you are reinstalling the Windows 10 operating system. As well as the drivers, consolidating all of the printer software settings in one machine to another can also be a hassle.

Thankfully, with only several clicks, you are able to backup printer drivers, printer queues, and printer settings in Windows 10. After you have the backup, restoring it will not only restore the drivers but the print queue and the printer settings.

In this simple and quick guide, allow me to demonstrate the steps to follow along with to backup printer drivers and printer queue in Windows 10.

Steps to Backup Printer Drivers

To backup printer drivers, you should use the Printer Migration tool in Windows 10. Because the tool name suggests, it enables for you migrate your printer drivers, queues, and other settings to a different machine running Windows 10. The good thing, is tool is dead simple to use. Here's how.

Hold "Start" key and press "R" answer to open the Run dialog box.
Type "PrintBrmUi.exe" within the field and click "Ok".
As soon while you click, the Print Migration tool will open.
Here, select "Export printer queues and printer drivers to a file" option.
Click "Next" to continue.
Select the export option depending on your printer setup. With my case, it's "This print server"
Click the "Next" button.
The tool will now show all the items that are prepared to export. Take a look at it and click "Next" to continue.
Now, click on the "Browse" button.
Select a location to save the file, name the file, and click the "Save" button.
Click "Next" in the Print Migration window.
Once you click the button, Windows will export the printer drivers and it is queues.
Once the export is done, click "Finish" to shut the window.
After exporting, you'll find the ".PrinterExport" file in the location you chose in step 10.

Restore Printer Drivers

You should use the PrinterExport file to revive the printer drivers and printer queues. To do that, open the "PrintBrmUi.exe" file, select "Import printer queues and printer drivers from a file", select the backup file and click "Next". As soon as you do this, the Printer Migration tool will import the file and restore the printer drivers.

Important Note: The PrintBrmUI.exe file is just obtainable in Windows 10 Pro version. If you are running the Home edition, you will not have the ability to use it.