diff --git a/plugins/printers/api/asset_routes.py b/plugins/printers/api/asset_routes.py
index f52fa508..5a1f0027 100644
--- a/plugins/printers/api/asset_routes.py
+++ b/plugins/printers/api/asset_routes.py
@@ -163,10 +163,20 @@ def create_driver():
     data = request.get_json() or {}
     if not (data.get('name') and data.get('location')):
         return error_response(ErrorCodes.VALIDATION_ERROR, 'name and location are required')
+    # drivername and vendorid are accepted here because they are the two
+    # fields the converger actually uses. drivername is the exact string from
+    # the INF that Add-PrinterDriver matches on - `name` is ours to choose and
+    # means nothing to Windows - and vendorid attaches a universal driver to a
+    # whole make. Neither was read from the payload, so both came back null on
+    # a 201 and there was no way to set them through any interface: the
+    # converger had nothing to match and installed nothing, and driver-name
+    # drift could never be detected because the expected value was never there.
     d = PrinterDriver(
         name=data['name'],
         location=data['location'],
         description=data.get('description'),
+        drivername=(data.get('drivername') or '').strip() or None,
+        vendorid=data.get('vendorid') or None,
         modelnumberid=data.get('modelnumberid') or None,
         isactive=data.get('isactive', True),
     )
@@ -185,8 +195,11 @@ def update_driver(driver_id):
     for key in ('name', 'location', 'description', 'isactive'):
         if key in data:
             setattr(d, key, data[key])
-    if 'modelnumberid' in data:
-        d.modelnumberid = data['modelnumberid'] or None
+    if 'drivername' in data:
+        d.drivername = (data['drivername'] or '').strip() or None
+    for key in ('vendorid', 'modelnumberid'):
+        if key in data:
+            setattr(d, key, data[key] or None)
     db.session.commit()
     return success_response(d.to_dict(), message='Driver updated')
 
diff --git a/plugins/printers/frontend/views/PrinterDriversList.vue b/plugins/printers/frontend/views/PrinterDriversList.vue
index 64355636..f7598fc5 100644
--- a/plugins/printers/frontend/views/PrinterDriversList.vue
+++ b/plugins/printers/frontend/views/PrinterDriversList.vue
@@ -61,6 +61,26 @@
               <label>Name *</label>
               <input v-model="form.name" type="text" class="form-control" maxlength="150" required />
             </div>
+            <div class="form-group">
+              <label>
+                INF Driver Name
+                <span class="hint">(the exact string the INF declares - what
+                  Add-PrinterDriver matches on. Blank means the converger
+                  cannot install this driver.)</span>
+              </label>
+              <input v-model="form.drivername" type="text" class="form-control"
+                     maxlength="255"
+                     placeholder="HP Universal Printing PCL 6" />
+            </div>
+            <div class="form-group">
+              <label>Vendor <span class="hint">(a universal driver serves every printer of that make; a model below wins over it)</span></label>
+              <select v-model="form.vendorid" class="form-control">
+                <option :value="null">-- none --</option>
+                <option v-for="v in vendors" :key="v.vendorid" :value="v.vendorid">
+                  {{ v.vendor }}
+                </option>
+              </select>
+            </div>
             <div class="form-group">
               <label>Printer Model <span class="hint">(links driver to a model so it shows on matching printers)</span></label>
               <select v-model="form.modelnumberid" class="form-control">
@@ -96,13 +116,14 @@
 
 <script setup>
 import { ref, computed, onMounted } from 'vue'
-import { printersApi } from '@/api'
+import { printersApi, vendorsApi } from '@/api'
 import { useToast } from '@/composables/toast'
 import { apiError } from '@/utils/apiError'
 const toast = useToast()
 
 const items = ref([])
 const models = ref([])
+const vendors = ref([])
 const showInactive = ref(false)
 const visibleItems = computed(() => showInactive.value ? items.value : items.value.filter(x => x.isactive !== false))
 const loading = ref(true)
@@ -110,13 +131,13 @@ const showModal = ref(false)
 const editing = ref(null)
 const saving = ref(false)
 const error = ref('')
-const form = ref({ name: '', location: '', description: '', modelnumberid: null, isactive: true })
+const form = ref({ name: '', location: '', description: '', drivername: '', vendorid: null, modelnumberid: null, isactive: true })
 
 function isHttp(loc) {
   return typeof loc === 'string' && /^https?:\/\//i.test(loc)
 }
 
-onMounted(() => { loadData(); loadModels() })
+onMounted(() => { loadData(); loadModels(); loadVendors() })
 
 async function loadData() {
   loading.value = true
@@ -139,11 +160,23 @@ async function loadModels() {
   }
 }
 
+async function loadVendors() {
+  try {
+    // A universal driver (HP UPD, Xerox GPD) attaches to the whole make rather
+    // than one model, which is what vendorid is for. listAll, because the
+    // picker must show every vendor - perpage is clamped at 100.
+    const response = await vendorsApi.list({ perpage: 100 })
+    vendors.value = response.data.data || []
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.error('Error loading vendors:', err)
+  }
+}
+
 function openModal(item = null) {
   editing.value = item
   form.value = item
-    ? { name: item.name || '', location: item.location || '', description: item.description || '', modelnumberid: item.modelnumberid || null, isactive: item.isactive !== false }
-    : { name: '', location: '', description: '', modelnumberid: null, isactive: true }
+    ? { name: item.name || '', location: item.location || '', description: item.description || '', drivername: item.drivername || '', vendorid: item.vendorid || null, modelnumberid: item.modelnumberid || null, isactive: item.isactive !== false }
+    : { name: '', location: '', description: '', drivername: '', vendorid: null, modelnumberid: null, isactive: true }
   error.value = ''
   showModal.value = true
 }
diff --git a/tests/test_plugins/test_printer_driver_resolution.py b/tests/test_plugins/test_printer_driver_resolution.py
index 3f0760de..b24e7b5e 100644
--- a/tests/test_plugins/test_printer_driver_resolution.py
+++ b/tests/test_plugins/test_printer_driver_resolution.py
@@ -118,3 +118,60 @@ def test_a_row_that_names_a_vendor_is_not_matched_by_its_text(db, fleet):
     printer = Printer(vendorid=brother.vendorid, modelnumberid=None)
     printer.vendor = brother
     assert _printer_driver(printer, _universal()) is None
+
+
+# --- the two fields the converger actually needs -----------------------------
+#
+# drivername is the exact string the INF declares, and it is what
+# Add-PrinterDriver matches on - `name` is ours to choose and means nothing to
+# Windows. vendorid attaches a universal driver (HP UPD, Xerox GPD) to a whole
+# make. Neither was read from the request body, so both came back null on a
+# 201, and there was no interface that could set them: the shipped converger
+# had nothing to match and installed nothing, and driver-name drift could never
+# be detected because the expected value was never stored.
+
+def test_a_driver_keeps_the_inf_name_and_vendor_it_was_given(client, db,
+                                                             auth_headers):
+    from plugins.printers.models import PrinterDriver
+
+    created = client.post('/api/printers/drivers', headers=auth_headers, json={
+        'name': 'HP universal',
+        'location': r'\\server\share\hpupd',
+        'drivername': 'HP Universal Printing PCL 6',
+        'vendorid': 1,
+    })
+    assert created.status_code == 201, created.get_json()
+    body = created.get_json()['data']
+    assert body['drivername'] == 'HP Universal Printing PCL 6'
+    assert body['vendorid'] == 1
+
+    stored = db.session.get(PrinterDriver, body['driverid'])
+    assert stored.drivername == 'HP Universal Printing PCL 6'
+    assert stored.vendorid == 1
+
+
+def test_the_inf_name_and_vendor_can_be_changed_afterwards(client, db,
+                                                           auth_headers):
+    created = client.post('/api/printers/drivers', headers=auth_headers, json={
+        'name': 'Xerox universal', 'location': r'\\server\share\xerox'})
+    driverid = created.get_json()['data']['driverid']
+    assert created.get_json()['data']['drivername'] is None
+
+    updated = client.put('/api/printers/drivers/%d' % driverid,
+                         headers=auth_headers,
+                         json={'drivername': 'Xerox Global Print Driver PCL6',
+                               'vendorid': 2})
+    assert updated.status_code == 200, updated.get_json()
+    assert updated.get_json()['data']['drivername'] == \
+        'Xerox Global Print Driver PCL6'
+    assert updated.get_json()['data']['vendorid'] == 2
+
+
+def test_a_blank_inf_name_clears_it_rather_than_storing_whitespace(
+        client, db, auth_headers):
+    """An empty box means "not known", which the converger reads as "cannot
+    install this". A whitespace string would look set and match nothing."""
+    created = client.post('/api/printers/drivers', headers=auth_headers, json={
+        'name': 'Blank test', 'location': r'\\server\share\blank',
+        'drivername': '   '})
+    assert created.get_json()['data']['drivername'] is None