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Generic Postscript Printer Driver With Custom Paper Size Option
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| Hi
Where i can find a generic postscript printer driver with custom paper size
option for Windows Xp.
Thanks in Advance.
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| Ian Wilson 2005-02-15, 9:00 pm |
| Jose wrote:
> Hi
> Where i can find a generic postscript printer driver
AFAIK the Postscript driver provided by MS with Windows XP *is* "generic".
This is the driver usually used for all PS printer manufacturers. If you
read other threads in comp.lang.postscript you'll see it explained that
vendor "postscript driver installers" do not much more than install a
PPD file which describes the printer's specific capabilities. AIUI The
MS driver then uses the PPD file to tailor its behaviour.
> with custom paper size option for Windows Xp.
I use this driver with my PS printer. Under Properties, Advanced,
Printing defaults, Advanced: I have Paper/Output, Paper Size which is a
combo box listing a large range of paper sizes, the last of which is
"Postscript Custom Page Size".
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| hoffmann@fho-emden.de 2005-02-15, 9:00 pm |
| Jose,
the direct link to the Adobe PS driver is somewhere here
(in this forum):
http://tinyurl.com/478mk
Or here (search download):
htttp://www.adobe.com
The discussion ended somewhat unsatisfying: is the Adobe PS
driver (8 MByte!) a PS driver or is it an installer for the MS
driver ?
At least it works:
Once downloaded, a new printer can be installed, using an approp-
riate PPD.
In PageMaker we can use Printer Styles. The paper size is defined
for a Style, using the same printer.
In other programs it's perhaps necessary to establish a new printer
instead of a Style.
The new 'driver' is worth the downloading. Older drivers or manu-
facturer drivers don=B4t show all PPD features in the printer setup
menue. Handling of fonts is improved.=20
Best regards --Gernot Hoffmann
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| Rev. Dr. Philip Griffin-Allwood 2005-02-15, 9:00 pm |
| Tuesday, February 15, 2005
So far I have not had a chance to do the suggested test of seeing what
exacting is installed by Adobe's Winsten.exe program on a WinXP
system--that is whether the Adobe installer includes a different
version of Pscript5.dll.
What I do on all operating system's is install the PPD driver from
http://www.adobe.com/products/print...ers/winppd.html
which matches the printer I am using.
Also, Ghostscript comes with a generic PPD and INF files.
Phil
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(Rev.) Philip Griffin-Allwood, Ph.D.
Supply Minister,
St. Andrew's United Church,
Halifax, N.S.
drphil@eastlink.ca
http://users.eastlink.ca/~standrewsunited
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| Aandi Inston 2005-02-15, 9:00 pm |
| "Jose" <jcs6x@hotmail.com> wrote:
>Hi
>Where i can find a generic postscript printer driver with custom paper size
>option for Windows Xp.
What you are asking for is a contradiction. A generic driver would be
one that works with all printers. Not all printers allow custom sizes.
So that would be impossible.
Clearly you have a particular aim for this PostScript (?) What is it?
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| hoffmann@fho-emden.de 2005-02-16, 9:00 am |
| The question makes much sense for Export to PDF, using
Acrobat Distiller Printer Driver.
For offset printing we can use the original paper size
with bleed (same as document).
For other publishing (e.g.Web) we can use a smaller custom
paper size without bleed.
Best regards --Gernot Hoffmann
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| Aandi Inston 2005-02-16, 9:00 am |
| hoffmann@fho-emden.de wrote:
>The question makes much sense for Export to PDF, using
>Acrobat Distiller Printer Driver.
No: you don't want a generic driver. You want a Distiller driver. For
this purpose the Distiller PPD is ideal.
>For offset printing we can use the original paper size
>with bleed (same as document).
>For other publishing (e.g.Web) we can use a smaller custom
>paper size without bleed.
A generic driver CANNOT offer custom size. You can have a useful
driver, one with custom size, but it cannot be GENERIC.
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| Matti Vuori 2005-02-16, 4:01 pm |
| quite@dial.pipex.con (Aandi Inston) wrote in news:4212ff04.589197521
@read.news.uk.uu.net:
> A generic driver CANNOT offer custom size. You can have a useful
> driver, one with custom size, but it cannot be GENERIC.
Perhaps it would offer a "generic" size... I don't see anything wrong here,
after all "generic" drivers even seem to offer "specific" sizes - how
generic is that?
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Matti Vuori, <http://sivut.koti.soon.fi/mvuori/index-e.htm>
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| Aandi Inston 2005-02-16, 4:01 pm |
| Matti Vuori <mvuori@koti.soon.fi> wrote:
>quite@dial.pipex.con (Aandi Inston) wrote in news:4212ff04.589197521
>@read.news.uk.uu.net:
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>Perhaps it would offer a "generic" size...
What does that mean?
>I don't see anything wrong here
>after all "generic" drivers even seem to offer "specific" sizes - how
>generic is that?
There is a basic set of sizes accepted by every PostScript printer. A
generic driver offers these.
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| On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 18:48:19 +0000 (UTC), Matti Vuori
<mvuori@koti.soon.fi> wrote:
>quite@dial.pipex.con (Aandi Inston) wrote in news:4212ff04.589197521
>@read.news.uk.uu.net:
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>Perhaps it would offer a "generic" size... I don't see anything wrong here,
>after all "generic" drivers even seem to offer "specific" sizes - how
>generic is that?
I think there is some confusion about the word "generic". You seem to
be using "generic size" to mean "any specified size"; this is called a
"Custom" size. "Generic" means a widely used standard (e.g. A4,
Letter, etc).
If you're talking about a "generic driver", that would be one that
worked on most (PS) printers, in practice you actually choose one for
a flagship model, like "LaserWriter II", "Linotron 300" which other
models emulate more or less.
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| Matti Vuori 2005-02-20, 8:57 pm |
| quite@dial.pipex.con (Aandi Inston) wrote in news:4212ff04.589197521
@read.news.uk.uu.net:
> A generic driver CANNOT offer custom size. You can have a useful
> driver, one with custom size, but it cannot be GENERIC.
Perhaps it would offer a "generic" size... I don't see anything wrong here,
after all "generic" drivers even seem to offer "specific" sizes - how
generic is that?
--
Matti Vuori, <http://sivut.koti.soon.fi/mvuori/index-e.htm>
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| Aandi Inston 2005-02-20, 8:57 pm |
| Matti Vuori <mvuori@koti.soon.fi> wrote:
>quite@dial.pipex.con (Aandi Inston) wrote in news:4212ff04.589197521
>@read.news.uk.uu.net:
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>Perhaps it would offer a "generic" size...
What does that mean?
>I don't see anything wrong here
>after all "generic" drivers even seem to offer "specific" sizes - how
>generic is that?
There is a basic set of sizes accepted by every PostScript printer. A
generic driver offers these.
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