How To Make Printer Device Icon Image Realistic instead of Generic?


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On this new WIN-11 PC, my HP PRINTER ICON looks just like the Printer itself (HP Officejet 8600-Pro) in Devices and Printers. But my Brother printer ICON image is just a generic printer. Both printers were installed using the software from the HP and BROTHER website. How do I make the Brother MFC-J875DW look like that machine? It did on my prior Windows-10 P.C.. Thanks in advance for any guidance. (y)
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In order to have a model-specific printer icon, your printer's setup software needs to register it. Do you remember if you installed the full setup, or just the basic drivers?
 

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You can also look for an icon you like using Google and download it.
 

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garlin said:
In order to have a model-specific printer icon, your printer's setup software needs to register it. Do you remember if you installed the full setup, or just the basic drivers?
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I used the full Brother MFC-J875DW installation package. The printer was purchased new in 2013, and the software was last updated in 2015....but is compatible with Windows11, according to the Brother support page for this printer. (I had to turn off something called "core memory protection" on this PC to get the printer software to fully install, due to a driver Win-11 thinks is dangerous.)
 

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allan said:
You can also look for an icon you like using Google and download it.
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I see there are tons of Printer ICON's available. One of the things that bugs me about the hype over "Artificial Intelligence", is how useless it is in so many real life situations like this. You'd think there would be an A.I. program that could look over my CBS.log and tell me what DISM repair operation fixed this morning. THAT WOULD BE USEFUL...but I can't find one that can look over the 1,200 lines of entries and tell me what was wrong, and what the repair was. :confused:
 

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AllenChicago said:
But my Brother printer ICON image is just a generic printer
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AllenChicago said:
(I had to turn off something called "core memory protection" on this PC to get the printer software to fully install, due to a driver Win-11 thinks is dangerous.)
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This is just reflective of the quality of the program writing from the manufacturer

AllenChicago said:
I see there are tons of Printer ICON's available.
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You need to either refine your search parameters, and/or do some perusing of the options to make a decision
 

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idgat said:
This is just reflective of the quality of the program writing from the manufacturer
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That's an unfair assessment. The standards for what Windows considers a "secure" driver changed over the years. Especially if the original driver was written when the printer first debuted back in 2013.

With an outdated printer, no vendor is going back to redo the drivers.
 

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OK, I agree you download a more realistic icon or create it yourself with utilities like BMP2ICO. How do you apply it then?
 

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Right-click on the desktop shortcut - properties - change icon - navigate to where you downloaded the icon and select it - APPLY
 

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I know how to change the icon of a shortcut. I meant how to change the generic printer icon with a custom one in Devices and Printers. Thanks.
 

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spapakons said:
OK, I agree you download a more realistic icon or create it yourself with utilities like BMP2ICO. How do you apply it then?
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Creating a metadata xml and using powershell to apply it
 

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I don't know how to do these. Can you give instructions? Thanks.
 

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1. Get your .ico and place it somewhere permanent

2. Device Manager > Right-click your printer > Properties > Details > Find your printer's hardware ID via dropdown

3. Copy the first line

4. Create a folder with these in it:

DeviceInformation. xml
Your .ico file

5. Open Devicelnformation.xml with notepad and paste:

Code: 
<? xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<DeviceInfo xmlns="http://
schemas.microsoft.com/windows/2010/08/
deviceinfo">
<DeviceCategory>Printers</DeviceCategory>
<Hardwareld>YOUR_HARDWARE_ID_HERE</
Hardwareld>
<DevicelconFile>MyPrinter.ico</
DevicelconFile>
</Devicelnfo>

(use your Hardware ID and Printer .ico in the above)

6. Open PowerShell as Administrator and run:

Code: 
pnputil /add-device-metadata C:\CustomPrinterMetadata

(use .xml path in the above)

7. Restart Windows
 

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idgat said:
This is just reflective of the quality of the program writing from the manufacturer


You need to either refine your search parameters, and/or do some perusing of the options to make a decision
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It's probably because the Brother MFC-J875dw printer software download is dated 2015. The comments say it's also good for Windows 10 and Windows 11, but none of the drivers the software installs is newer than 2015... In Device Manager, it looks like Windows-11 replaced a couple of the original Brother drivers with newer Brother drivers produced by Microsoft.

I'm just thankful to get this printer finally working right. The last challenge was getting it to go to sleep/idle, like it has done with all prior Window builds. That is now finally fixed, so I'll not concern myself with the Printer icon being generic any longer. THANKYOU for your feedback IDGAT! -ac
 

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garlin said:
That's an unfair assessment. The standards for what Windows considers a "secure" driver changed over the years. Especially if the original driver was written when the printer first debuted back in 2013.

With an outdated printer, no vendor is going back to redo the drivers.
Click to expand...
In Windows-10, it had an exact replica of Brother MFC-J875dw. But, not Win-11. Oh well. I'll just let it go.
 

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