Windows 10: I want to stop the daily update for a printerdriver the printer is long gone

I want to stop the daily update for a printerdriver the printer is long gone

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win10 sez no drivers for brither hl5040 printer  

To be sure that you followed my suggestion correctly, I will specify some steps:
CP>devices and printers>add a printer>the printer that I want isn't listed>add a local printer with manual settings>define port>Windows update and install

 

Unable to remove a printer gone in "Unspecified" group

An outdated, or incompatible printer driver could be causing the issue. We suggest that you update your printer driver, or
uninstall the printer driver; then, restart the computer, and have Windows install the latest driver automatically. Check the steps below:

• Press Windows key + R.
• Type devmgmt.msc and press enter.
• Locate the printer driver and uninstall it.
• Restart the computer.

Keep us posted.

 

How to identify a specific printer driver you are using in Windows 10

I would personally suggest trying to use powershell:

Identify the name of the printer by using this cmdlet:

This will list the names of the printer and the corresponding driver.

Now to use the printer name to get the driver locations:

Replace name of printer and remove the angle brackets, if the name has a space in it please put in double quotes - "name of printer".

This will produce a list that will show you the locations of the drivers and dependant files under the following properties:

To get the full list of dependant files:

The below is a script that will copy all the files above, you just need to insert the name of printer and it will put the files into "c:\DriverBackup\'name of printer'".