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Are you running with FULL Administrator privileges?

- Dov

I am the "Computer Administrator". I assume this means I am the "Full" administrator??

What version is this 'winsteng.exe'? Wnat OS are you running?
Did you try downloading this from Adobe instead of trying the one your printer provided?

regards
George

Most current ...I tried from Adobe as well as from the disk, with same result...I am running XP Pro

brian

Brian,

the driver at this link should work for you. It's a 7.4MB file dated 5/23/2002

 <http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=1500>

Having administrator access rights you should have no problem installing and running it

thanks
George

Tried it...same thing

InstallShield Engine has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

Brian,

another way is to install a postscript printer using the Windows postscript driver (instead of the Adobe one) and the appropriate PPD. Can you give it a try?

thanks
George

I will try when I have a chance...Thanks for your input

Brian

RE:

the driver at this link should work for you. It's a 7.4MB file dated 5/23/2002

 <http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=1500>

I'm also having a problem with winsteng.exe. I downloaded it from the link you gave and ran it. I selected a local printer, FILE port, and used the Adobe PPD file.

After I get all the way through and click "Install". The following messages appear:

System Error 126. Unable to load string.
System Error: 1797 The printer driver is unknown.

I've googled for a solution, with no luck.
Any ideas?

PS: If the Windows PostScript Driver is the answer, how would I install a new printer using this driver?

I ended up using the XP Postscript for my problems and things seemed to work fine. Was never able to load the Adobe PS....

I'm willing to give that method a try, but I'm unsure how to get the XP Postscript printer installed.

Do I go to Printers and dbl-click New Printer? If so, what printer make/model do I choose from the list? Or to I choose "Have Disk", and if so, where do I locate the INF file?

I need a little more hand-holding.

I'm willing to try the XP Postscript driver, but I'm unsure how to proceed.

Do I use Printers|New Printer? What make/model do I select? If I use "Have Disk", where will I find the INF file?

I need a little more hand-holding.

<<sorry for the duplicate post>>

>I'm willing to give that method a try, but I'm unsure how to get the XP Postscript printer installed.

Same way as the others, which is indeed...
>
>Do I go to Printers and dbl-click New Printer? If so, what printer make/model do I choose from the list?

Choose the printer you actually have.  If you can't do that for some
reason, what is the purpose of the driver in your workflow?

Aandi Inston

You can take this INF after modifying the lines with the PPD:

############### begin ###############
; printer.inf
;

[Version]
Signature="$Windows NT$"
Class=Printer
Provider=%MS%

; The Manufacturer sections lists all of the manufacturers
; that we willdisplay in the Dialog box

[Manufacturer]
"My Manufacturer"

; Model sections. Each section here corresponds with an entry listed in the
; [Manufacturer] section, above. The models will be displayed in the order
; that they appear in the INF file.

[My Manufacturer]
;!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
;replace it by *ModelName (within the PPD) and the PPD name
"My printer" = printer.ppd

;
; Installer Sections
;!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
;replace My printer by *Modelname and printer.ppd by your PPD name
[My printer]
CopyFiles=@printer.ppd,PSCRIPT_NT
DataFile=printer.ppd
DataSection=PSCRIPT_DATA_NT

;
; Data Sections
;
[PSCRIPT_DATA_NT]
DriverFile=PSCRIPT5.DLL
HelpFile=PSCRIPT.HLP
ConfigFile=PS5UI.DLL

;
; Copy Sections
;
[PSCRIPT_NT]
PSCRIPT5.DLL
PSCRIPT.HLP
PS5UI.DLL

[DestinationDirs]
DefaultDestDir=66000

[Strings]
MS="Microsoft"
#################### end ######################

The effect I'm trying to achieve is that "Adobe Distiller" will be a "printer" in the "select printer" dialog that comes up when I print from most applications. By selecting "Adobe Distiller" as my printer, the output will go to a PDF document, never having involved an actually physical printer at all.

>The effect I'm trying to achieve is that "Adobe Distiller" will be a "printer" in the "select printer" dialog 

Doesn't installing Acrobat do that?

Aandi Inston

Thanks for the help, Susi, but I'm afraid it didn't work. I tried to create a new printer. I chose "have disk" and selected the INF file I created from your post. I choose "FILE" as my port and "Don't share". When I click finish, I get the message:

Printer driver was not installed. Operation could not be completed.

Here's the INF file, with my changes:

#############BEGIN#############
; printer.inf
;

[Version]
Signature="$Windows NT$"
Class=Printer
Provider=%MS%

; The Manufacturer sections lists all of the manufacturers
; that we willdisplay in the Dialog box

[Manufacturer]
"My Manufacturer"

; Model sections. Each section here corresponds with an entry listed in the
; [Manufacturer] section, above. The models will be displayed in the order
; that they appear in the INF file.

[My Manufacturer]
;!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
;replace it by *ModelName (within the PPD) and the PPD name
"Acrobat Distiller" = ADIST5.PPD

;
; Installer Sections
;!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
;replace My printer by *Modelname and printer.ppd by your PPD name
[Acrobat Distiller]
CopyFiles=@ADIST5.ppd,PSCRIPT_NT
DataFile=ADIST5.ppd
DataSection=PSCRIPT_DATA_NT

;
; Data Sections
;
[PSCRIPT_DATA_NT]
DriverFile=PSCRIPT5.DLL
;HelpFile=PSCRIPT.HLP
ConfigFile=PS5UI.DLL

;
; Copy Sections
;
[PSCRIPT_NT]
PSCRIPT5.DLL
;PSCRIPT.HLP
PS5UI.DLL

[DestinationDirs]
DefaultDestDir=66000

[Strings]
MS="Microsoft"
##############END################

After I got this error the first time, I located PSCRIPT5.DLL and PS5UI.DLL and put them in the same directory as the PPD and INF file. I still get the same result.

Any other ideas? See any problems with what I did?

Terry, we don't seem to have established whether your Windows XP is
actually broken here.  Add Printer - does it work or not??  Just pick
a PostScript printer (e.g. Apple LaserWriter IINTX) to test.  No point
working on PPDs if that is broken.

Aandi Inston

Yes, my HP4100DTN Laser Printer works fine. I can print from several different applications.

You mentioned that installing Acrobat should set up Distiller for me. Do you mean Acrobat Reader, or the full non-free version?

>Yes, my HP4100DTN Laser Printer works fine. I can print from several different applications.

Ok, is that definitely a PostScript driver (not just a PostScript
compatible printer)?  If you print a test page, does it mention
PSCRIPT5, and did you install that from ADD PRINTER?
>
>You mentioned that installing Acrobat should set up Distiller for me. Do you mean Acrobat Reader, or the full non-free version?

I mean the commercial product - the one which includes Distiller.


Aandi Inston

The test page from my printer, states it only uses HP driver files.
(HPBF042G.DLL)

As for Distiller, well, that might be the show-stopper right there. I don't own any commercial versions of Adobe software. I only have the free Acrobat Reader, winsteng.exe and the PPD file.

Is it possible to create a "to PDF file" printer using only freely available Adobe components?

>The test page from my printer, states it only uses HP driver files.
>(HPBF042G.DLL)

Then that is not a valid test, as you are not installing the same
driver.  Try to install the Apple LaserWriter IINT.
>
>Is it possible to create a "to PDF file" printer using only freely available Adobe components?

Absolutely not. You need Distiller, included with Acrobat Standard,
Acrobat Professional, and some other products. Although on some
systems you will see a "print to PDF" printer, these systems are set
up to automatically run Distiller after writing a PostScript file.


Aandi Inston

Well, thanks anyway for your help and patience. I'll see if my employer is willing to shell out the $300US for Standard.

If not, there are a lot of free alternatives for PDF production.
The quality however varies and editing of PDFs with other programs
than Acrobat is in most cases, free or commercial, unsatisfactory.

But if you want only make PDF files of text look e.g. for FreePDF.
If you speak German a good entry is rumborak.de.
If you are looking for PDF production from MS Word look for Ghostword.

There are also solutions with CUPS as a server for Windows clients.
 <http://www.cups.org>