Notice: All ‘Redistribution Files’ usage is governed by the Black Ice Software license agreement.
When installing the Black Ice printer drivers on a system, developers must first check that the following criteria are met:
Administrative privileges are required to add any print driver to a system, including the Black Ice printer drivers
On Microsoft Windows Server system (2025/2022/2019/2016/2012) with or without Terminal Server services, the Black Ice Windows Server (Terminal Server) version of the printer driver must be used.
To install a Black Ice printer driver with an installation building package, please follow the steps below:
Make sure that the installation builder you are using can call functions from external DLLs. In order to install and configure the printer driver, you will need to call functions from the Install DLL (Recommended) or from the WIN32 API.
Before trying to install the printer driver, make sure that the driver (or one with the same name) is not currently installed. To check, call the dIsInstalledPrinterDriver function from the Install DLL. If the driver is currently installed you need to delete the printer driver by calling the dDeletePrinterDriver function.
Copy the printer driver files to the right location. You can find the file placing description at ‘Printer Driver Redistribution Files’ section.
**IMPORTANT** Only use the Black Ice printer driver files from one Resource Toolkit. Do not mix driver components from different versions of the Black Ice printer drivers.
Call the dInstallBlackIcePrinter to install the driver on the system.
Printer driver redistribution files list:
Printer Driver Redistribution Files
IMPORTANT: It is highly recommended that you create your own custom installation for the Black Ice printer driver to avoid any conflicts with third party applications which are already using Black Ice printer drivers. You custom application should use unique names for the printer driver files, printer name and components.
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
The sample installations included in the Resource Toolkit install the Black Ice printer drivers only, they do not install or register the additional components of the RTK, such as the Message Capture or Auto-print controls. In order to use these components, you must add the to your custom installation project.
Printer Driver Redistribution Files
Printer Driver Distribution Resource Files