Need generic postscript printer/driver for Windows XP

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5 total messages Started by Natalie Avalos Wed, 15 May 2002 19:26

#1439

Author: Natalie Avalos
Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 19:26

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The people here at city hall just switched me over to a new computer. I layout the city's newsletter on PageMaker, then distill to a PDF. 

On my old computer, I had Windows 2000. This new one uses Windows XP. 

While I was able to transfer my old files, I now need to install the generic postscript printer/driver to this new computer. Since it was so long ago that I did that for my old computer, I forgot exactly what I need to do! HELP! 

I couldn't find any postscript printer drivers for XP on the Adobe download page. Is it available on the Windows XP disk?

Re: Need generic postscript printer/driver for Windows XP

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Author: Dov Isaacs
Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 19:49

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What version of PageMaker are you using? Adobe only supports PageMaker 7 with Windows XP. Both the full Acrobat 5.0.5 product as the copy of Acrobat Distiller 5.0.5 distributed with PageMaker 7 should automatically install a PostScript driver instance labelled "Acrobat Distiller" which generates PostScript and feeds it directly to the Distiller without intervention. You should NOT be generating PostScript via any generic PostScript driver instance. 

- Dov

Re: Need generic postscript printer/driver for Windows XP

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Author: Natalie Avalos
Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 21:27

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Thanks for your reply. I am using PageMaker 7 with Windows XP. 

There is an Acrobat Distiller installed. When converting PageMaker documents to PDF files (BTW, they must be in color), I previously used a generic postscript printer, and that worked. I think I also tried using the Distiller driver, but the PDF did not print in color and/or I was missing some options, i.e. page size (I use tabloid 11x17). 

Will the Distiller driver work in my situation?

Re: Need generic postscript printer/driver for Windows XP

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Author: Dov Isaacs
Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 21:38

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Yes. 

- Dov

Re: Need generic postscript printer/driver for Windows XP

#1448

Author: Aandi Inston
Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 09:16

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Both symptoms suggest, not the wrong driver, but the wrong PPD. Be
sure to select the Distiller PPD in PageMaker.

Aandi Inston

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