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Changing the printer name during installation

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From: Rich_Stanron
Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2003 18:18
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I'm successfully using the generic posrtscript printer driver to print to a applewriter 12/640. However I cannot change the name of the driver during the install (such that in the printers & faxes folder, the printers are called something more useful than 'generic postscript printer'). During install one of the boxes says to type in the name you would like, however this is greyed out. Selecting the printer & pressing F2 & changing the name gives the error 'operation could not be completed.'

I need to do this because each machine can print to several printers - all the same model. Obviously it is useful to know which printer you are printing to!!

I am using the default ppd file - if it makes a difference, can anyone tell me how to change the ppd being used? I tried using the windows-provided driver for this printer, however after every job the printer hung & required powercycling to clear the job!
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