Unable to install printer. The print processor does not exist.

I had a Windows Server 2008 print server lose about half of its shared printers. When I tried to reinstall a missing printer, I got an error message stating "Unable to install printer. The print processor does not exist."


I did a quick search and found that this is caused by a corrupted printer driver. I uninstalled the printer driver and installed a freshly downloaded one. I reinstalled the printer and selected Install New Printer Driver. I named the printer the same thing as it was before and all the users were able to print again.


To recap go to:

• Start
• Control Panel
• Printer & Faxes
• Add a New Printer
• Start Hardware Wizard
• Reinstall the Printer Driver (do not use existing)
• Finish the Hardware Wizard
• Test Print (if you like)