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ERROR_PRINTER_DRIVER_PACKAGE_IN_USE
A print driver package is broader than a single registered driver name. Microsoft defines it as the set of software components required to support a device, and package installation can include additional files such as color profiles and print processors.
This status therefore belongs to package lifecycle management. A package can remain relevant while printer queues, driver versions, or components installed from it are still active. Removing one queue name or deleting an INF path manually does not establish that the package is unused.
Inventory package consumers
- Identify the package and the printer-driver registrations installed from it on the target server and environment.
- Enumerate printer objects using those driver names before attempting package servicing or removal.
- Check dependent print processors or other packaged components when the package installer supplied them.
- Use documented driver/package management APIs; DeletePrinterDriverEx itself documents detailed in-use behavior for versions and driver files and illustrates why manual spooler-directory cleanup is unsafe.
Windows print driver packages · InstallPrinterDriverFromPackage · DeletePrinterDriverEx lifecycle rules
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