In working on a similar issue I came across this thread, and it's intriguing solution. Thanks Chris for putting it together. I will have to take a look at it and see if it helps meet our needs. That being said, I know of just about no one currently at Adobe Systems more knowledgeable about PostScript and how the rather 'broken' printer sub-system in Windows operates than Dov.
Comments This entry allows you to use any PostScript printer with Foomatic, at least with the basic options. Search this site:. Latest Comments. Copyright Linux Foundation. All rights reserved. How to install a virtual PostScript printer in Windows. Since 90's, Adobe has provided a free PostScript driver for users to download, so they can install a PS printer to their systems.
This policy changed and the original driver found as winsteng. It was originally written for the earliest Windows and later upgraded to Windows , but there is no way how making it work on later versions of Windows, especially on the bits. Considering how many users are looking for "some file" to PostScript conversion on our website like PDF to PS , we have decided to make a little tutorial about installing virtual PS printers, because it is one of the easiest ways how PostScript files can be created from something via the Print to file function.
If you do not have access to a physical PostScript printer and thus you get no drivers from the vendors, there exist really only a few limited options left on how you could install a virtual PostScript printer to your system. Whilst experienced users can probably deal with this problem on their own, the less savvy computer user might have trouble solving this problem on their own.
This article will cover one of these ways, and we will show you how you can install virtual PS printer to Windows 8. This will of course work on previous Windows Vista or Windows 7 or latest Windows 10, you would just need to download different driver.
Some manufacturers, like Xerox, provide a generic PS driver that you can install to your system. You can find them here: Xerox Printer Driver Download. When you go that website, it will automatically detect your OS and offer you several files for download. The page looks like this in our test Windows 8. In both bit and bit variants. Xerox Support and Driver download website.
After the first installation part a printer setup process starts. At first the system will look for physical printers. It doesn't matter to us, because we want to install a virtual one. Once the procedure is finished, click on the "The printer that I want isn't listed" link. Printer setup looking for existing printers. Now we are going to add a new printer.
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