Manually Deleting the Printer Driver
If the printer driver was installed without using the installer, manually delete the printer driver.
Display the printer window.
In Windows 8.1/10, while pressing the [Windows] () key, press the [X] key, and then click [Control Panel] - [Hardware and Sound] - [View devices and printers] in the displayed menu.
In Windows Server 2012/Server 2012 R2, while pressing the [Windows] () key, press the [X] key, and then click [Control Panel] - [Hardware] - [View devices and printers] in the displayed menu.
In Windows 7/Server 2008 R2, click the Start menu, then click [Devices and Printers].
If [Devices and Printers] is not displayed, select [Control Panel] - [Hardware and Sound], and click [View devices and printers].In Windows Vista/Server 2008, click the Start menu, then click [Control Panel] - [Hardware and Sound] - [Printers]. When [Control Panel] is displayed in Classic View, double-click [Printers].
Click the icon of the printer driver to be deleted.
Remove the printer driver.
In Windows 7/8.1/10/Server 2008 R2/Server 2012/Server 2012 R2, click [Remove device] on the toolbar.
In Windows Vista/Server 2008, press the [Delete] key on the computer keyboard.
From then on, follow the instructions on the pages that follow.
When the printer driver is deleted, the icon disappears from the window.
Open [Server Properties].
In Windows 7/8.1/10/Server 2008 R2/Server 2012/Server 2012 R2, select a different printer, and click [Print Server Properties] on the toolbar.
In Windows Vista/Server 2008, right-click on the area that has nothing displayed in the [Printers] window, click [Run as administrator] - [Server Properties].
If the [User Account Control] window appears, click [Continue] or [Yes].
Click the [Driver] tab.
From the [Installed printer drivers:] list, select the printer driver to be removed, then click [Remove...].
Select [Remove driver and driver package.] in the dialog box for confirming deletion target, then click [OK].
In the dialog box that confirms whether you are sure you want to remove the printer, click [Yes].
Furthermore, a deletion confirmation dialog box appears. Click [Uninstall].
Close the open windows, and then restart the computer.
Be sure to restart the computer.
This completes the deletion process of the printer driver.