In my experience, drivers and firmware often fall behind of this utopian vision of autonomous application installations. As an app packager, you may be reading this and choking on your coffee – we have a long way to go until every vendor is on the same hymn sheet. Many app developers are slowly coming around to the idea that admins need to be able to install applications silently and autonomously. There are many ways to skin this cat and what made it more challenging was the Printer Driver was packaged in the dark ages (putting it politely). Recently, a customer asked if it was possible to install network printers, on Azure AD Joined Windows 10 devices, using Microsoft Intune. Win32 apps are very versatile and I often use them for customers to do other things besides installing applications.

My affinity to, and admiration for, Win32 apps has probably not gone unnoticed recently. Note that the cwbaffax.zip file can be used with 32-bit or 64-bit versions of Windows running on either AMD and Intel Xeon processors.In this post I will show you how to easily install Printer Drivers and Printers, from Intune, using Win32 apps and PowerShell. N1020429: Installing the Ricoh AFP Printer Driver on a Windows 8.1 PC for use with FAX/400 To use the AFP printer driver with Facsimile Support/400 (FAX/400) and Enhanced Services on a Windows 8.1 PC, you must first install the Ricoh Production Print Solutions AFP Printer Driver for Windows, and then manually download and install the cwbaffax.zip file from the following FTP site:įor step-by-step instructions, please refer to the following document: If the AFP printer driver is needed on a Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 PC, then the Ricoh Production Print Solutions AFP Printer Driver for Windows should be installed instead. The IBM i Access for Windows version of the AFP printer driver does not install on PCs running Microsoft Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 because this version of the driver is not digitally signed. The IBM i Access for Windows version of the AFP printer driver includes a cwbaffax.zip file which adds support for using the AFP printer driver with Facsimile Support/400 (FAX/400) and Enhanced Services.

The Ricoh Production Print Solutions AFP Printer Driver for Windows does not include the cwbaffax.zip file, and does not support using the AFP printer driver with Facsimile Support/400 (FAX/400) and Enhanced Services. Please visit Ricoh's website for the supported version of Windows.

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