Windows 10’s latest update causing BSOD again

<p>If you have recently experienced BSOD&&num;8217&semi;s or Blue Screen of Death when trying to print&comma; the most probable cause is the latest Windows 10 update&period; According to reports from various forums&comma; Windows 10 users started experiencing BSODs right after they have installed the latest Windows 10 update <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;support&period;microsoft&period;com&sol;en-us&sol;topic&sol;march-9-2021-kb5000802-os-builds-19041-867-and-19042-867-63552d64-fe44-4132-8813-ef56d3626e14" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">KB5000802&period;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Initially&comma; it appeared that only users with Kyocera printers have BSOD issues&comma; but lately more and more users that are using different printer models including Ricoh reported the same issues&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If your PC is affected a blue screen error message will display the following error message&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>APC&lowbar;INDEX&lowbar;MISMATCH for win32kfull&period;sys<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As always&comma; removing the update KB5000802 should solve your printing issues&comma; but on the other hand&comma; might expose your system to security vulnerabilities that were patched with that update&period; Microsoft has acknowledged the issue and is working on the fix&period; The company also said that the bug affects Type 3 printer drivers while it doesn&&num;8217&semi;t affect Type 4 printer drivers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Until the fix is released you might check which printers will not cause you the BSODs by detecting its Driver Type&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>From the <strong>Windows 10 Start Menu<&sol;strong> type <strong>Print Management<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-4139" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wincert&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;03&sol;print-management&period;png" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"373" height&equals;"132" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Click on the <strong>Print Management app<&sol;strong> and in the left pane select <strong>Custom Filters &vert; All Printers<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In the right pane check the <strong>Driver Type<&sol;strong> for each printer installed on your system&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-4140" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wincert&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;03&sol;print-management-2&period;png" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1223" height&equals;"170" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;