When you install a printer driver on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows first installs the printer driver to the local driver store, and then installs it from the driver store.

When removing printer drivers, you have the option to delete only the printer driver or remove the entire printer-driver package. If you delete the printer driver, Windows uninstalls the printer driver, but leaves the printer-driver package in the driver store to allow you to reinstall the driver at some point. If you remove the printer-driver package, Windows removes the package from the driver store, completely removing the printer driver from the computer.

To remove printer drivers from a server, use the following procedure:

1. Open Print Management.

2. In the left pane, click Print Servers, click the applicable print server, and then click Printers.

3. In the center pane, right-click those printers that use the driver that you want to delete, or change the driver that is used by each printer to another driver.

4. In the left pane, click Print Servers, click the applicable print server, and then click Drivers.

5. In the center pane, right-click the driver and do one of the following:

   • To delete only the installed driver files, click Delete.
      
   • To remove the driver package from the driver store, completely removing the driver from the computer, click Remove Driver Package.