Installing the printer driver under XP

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8 total messages Started by martin_s Wed, 29 May 2002 08:07

#1399

Author: martin_s
Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 08:07

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I am trying to install the Adobe printer driver (Version 1.0.6) under windows XP. But during the installation I get the error: 

"System error 126. Unable to load string". 

I press OK, and get the new message: 

"Failure in add printer(Generic Postscript Printer) System error: 1797. The printer driver is unknown" 

Does anyone know what to do?? 

Thanks  

Martin

Re: Installing the printer driver under XP

#1400

Author: Aandi Inston
Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 09:40

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Why not just use ADD PRINTER to go with the driver bundled with
Windows?  Do you need something in particular that the AdobePS
installer does?

Aandi Inston

Re: Installing the printer driver under XP

#1360

Author: Terrill
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 18:03

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I get teh same error message.  What settings do you use to Add printer.  There is no adobe printer to add?  What settings do I use to install a post scrpit printer under XP? 

Terrill

Re: Installing the printer driver under XP

#1362

Author: Aandi Inston
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 19:56

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You just use ADD PRINTER, and select whatever printer you actually
intend to use.  The Generic Driver is a very bad choice for almost
every purpose.

There is no Adobe PS driver, though there is an Adobe PS installer
which just installs the same driver already in Windows.

Aandi Inston

Re: Installing the printer driver under XP

#1361

Author: Dov Isaacs
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 20:02

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Actually, use of the Adobe Universal PostScript Driver Installer 1.0.6 has a tremendous benefit over using the "Add Printer" wizard of any version of Windows. The "Add Printer" wizard cannot add a printer based upon an arbitrary PPD file supplied by the user. It requires corresponding .inf files wired into the Windows system directory (don't do this at home!). And not all printers have that plumbing installed for the "Add Printer" wizard. 

- Dov

Re: Installing the printer driver under XP

#1363

Author: Aandi Inston
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 20:18

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True, that is an advantage. However, neither person seems to want to
do that - they seem to be installing the dreaded "Generic" printer
which causes so many problems.

Aandi Inston

Re: Installing the printer driver under XP

#1371

Author: Aandi Inston
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 08:18

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Well, it seems you have an underlying problem (the same, perhaps as
Martin_S).  You can't install the PostScript driver download, and
since Acrobat does the same thing, it may not succeed either.

However, if you read the thread you will see that the AdobePS
installer is not the only way to add a PostScript driver. Use the ADD
PRINTER icon and add any PostScript driver (e.g. Apple LaserWriter
IINTX).  It is possible that Acrobat will be able to use this.  But
not certain - the message is odd.

Aandi Inston

Re: Installing the printer driver under XP

#1372

Author: Aandi Inston
Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2002 06:50

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You did right to install the Apple driver; after doing that
installations will sometimes succeed.

Some thoughts.

1. You might need Acrobat 5.05 for this to work, it was the first one
supported for Windows XP.

2. Go into the printers control panel and see if there is a PDF Port
shown. If there is, delete it, and reinstall Acrobat.

3. Be sure to install as the administrator.

Aandi Inston

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