One caveat on the Xerox driver, on our Docucolor 12 it did not see it as double sided if you chose to let it automatically configure - we had to turn off automatic configuration to be able to configure it for double sided which it has the capability of. First check your own brand printer, RIP and if not I think the Xerox Universal Printer driver may be on that list as well under Xerox.
#WHERE TO GET PPD FILE FOR PRINTER INSTALL#
I would suggest 1st trying to install a printer driver and when it asks it gives you an option to download a later driver and hooks to the Windows website which provides a list of additional drivers since the windows disks came out but can take 5 or 10 minutes to update during which time you might think your computer is locked up if you did not know better. The only solution to even using a Windows printer driver if one wasn't made available for your printer that I know of is to download the Xerox Universal Printer Driver, sorry I can't suggest methods of customizing if it doesn't do what you want.
#WHERE TO GET PPD FILE FOR PRINTER HOW TO#
The Adobe website claims that a Vista compatible driver is available, but I can't find it anywhere.ĭoes anyone know how to install a postscript printer with custom PPD under Windows Vista? I don't necessarily need to use the Adobe Postscript driver, but I do need some kind of postscript printer driver that uses my customized PPD fileĪs far as I know Adobe only made the conversion capability available to manufacturers - we ran into this difficulty with our Xerox Fiery equipped Docucolor 12, that it would not run on Windows7 machines, I've been switching as many machines as I can to Linux ever since to reduce reliance on Adobe and Microsoft, and any printer manufacturer still in business that doesn't provide updates! The version of the installer I'm using is 1.0.6, which was written long before Vista came along. If you quit the Setup program now, the program will not be installed". When I click "Ok", I get the message "Setup is not complete. The title of the window is "Severe" (see attached screen shot). When I try to install under Windows Vista however, I get a mysterious error window with no text.
It's called WINSTENG.EXE, and it can be downloaded from the Adobe website: Adobe - PostScript printer drivers : For Windows : Adobe Universal PostScript Windows Driver Installer 1.0.6 - Englishĭuring the installation process, I have the opportunity to specify a PPD file, which in my case, has been customized. In versions of Windows prior to Vista, I can install the Adobe Postscript printer driver.
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