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> Under Windows 2000 / XP / Server 2003, there is no such beastie as "AdobePS."
> The only PostScript driver is the standard Windows PSCRIPT5.DLL driver that
> ships as part of Windows.

Dov, just to make sure I (we) got it right:
When we use the Universal Installer 1.0.6, it installs AdobePS 4.x on a
Windows'9x/Me system, AdobePS 5.x on Windows NT 4, and PSCRIPT5 on Windows
2000/XP. For Windows 2000/XP, the installed PS driver itself is identical
whether you use the Adobe Universal Installer or the MS Add Printer wizard
to add a printer instance to your system.

However, the Universal Installer allows you to use any existing PPD file
during the install process, whereas the Add Printer wizard only allows
you to select a predetermined list of printers (INF files), unless you
got one on a diskette. I recall you once reffered to those MS INF files
as "crippled" versions of the more complete PPD files.

Apparently, the difference in setup files sometimes result in a different
Printer Setup dialog with different print options available. On my system,
adding a Lexmark printer using Add Printer gives a different and much
more complete dialog when printing, compared to the same Lexmark printer
added using the Universal Installer. Is this to be expected?

Are there any other technical differences in the way you install the
PSCRIPT5 dirver?


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/Thomas Michanek, FrameMaker/UNIX/MIF expert
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