I never would have believed it, but windows 8 makes printers even worse
Now, first finding the printer adding in the start menu is a chore, you have to type for it.
When you pick it, it loads a Metro style that searches for printers, but doesn't let you choose where. Then all you can do is click the printer, and it invariably says failed because, it doesn't let you locate a driver, it just tries and fails.
The Windows 7 trick doesn't work either. Where you share the printer you want from another workstation that functions, and add it from there. Then delete it and add it from the server. (thus it now has the driver that it downloaded from the workstation in the first add process).
In short, they managed to make it even more difficult.