Edit: I tried to follow through and see how difficult it. But I imagine it would work as everything pulls from the print servers. Not sure if you can do this on a server and have it display that way on all end user computers though. For more information about how to create icons that have the same display qualities of Windows graphical elements, refer to Icons in the Microsoft SDK. from what I could find online, you can change the icon of printers by messing with the metadata for the printer. Note We highly recommend that the device metadata package contain a device icon file, which is used to display the photo-realistic image of the device in the Devices and Printers user interface. This icon is based on the device's category type that is specified in the DeviceCategory element of the DeviceInfo XML document. If the device metadata package does not contain a device icon file and DeviceIconFile element, the Devices and Printers user interface displays a default icon for the device. The image is stored in an icon file, and the file name must be specified in the DeviceIconFile element of the package's DeviceInfo XML document. Click the tab that just opened, and use Ctrl+S, making sure the filetype is PNG.A device metadata package can contain one photo-realistic image, or icon, that represents the device in the Devices and Printers user interface. This filters in all of the images that truly contain transparency, then click on any image and (very important: wait until the loading bar below the image goes away) then right-click the image, and select "Open image in new tab". My method of finding images suitable for these types of icons is doing a google search, going to the "Images" tab, and clicking "Tools" > "Color" > "Transparent".
I ran all of the commands and did everything except for the Authoring Wizard steps, so you can use this link to download all of the files needed (plus the steps along the way) and continue on Step 10. It was faking it with just a grid pattern, I have no clue what the reason was for that). I found one that had transparency already (yours made it look like it had transparency, but it didn't really. It hasn't updated the icon yet, but it could just be since I haven't restarted my computer, or I did something else wrong on the way with Hardware IDs and such.Īside from that, it seems that the source image you found wasn't working for me either, so I googled around for another source of that image. It wasn’t very long ago that most devices appeared in Windows with indistinguishable device descriptions and icons, but with Windows 7, devices not only work well, but look great. I did a test-run on another one of my icons and it didn't throw any errors my way. It’s no secret I have an icon fetish, and it makes me smile every time a new high-resolution device icon appears in Windows 7’s Devices and Printers.
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