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How do I uninstall an INF file?
On Fri, 17 Jul 2020 at 21:31:29, Paul wrote:
Lu Wei wrote: [] The official driver download page says there's no driver for XP, and that's why I tried this "Global" driver. It seems not global at all! Is there a true global printer driver that could speak to all, or a large portion of printers? There are multiple "universal print driver for X" type drivers. Initially, Microsoft made a framework for PostScript printers, and that was the first one I used. This was extended to separate packages for PCL printers. [] Harking back to a much earlier era: at some point - I think it was XP - a universal driver for impact (what used to be called "dot matrix" - pins against ink ribbon) printers. It eliminated the listing of many such models of printer in the list of printers built into XP (if it was): used to all be listed - the EPSON LX, LQ and similar ranges, and several other manufacturers' models. I was most surprised when an ancient Star - I think it was LC100 - spewed out a perfectly good Windows test page. (Of acceptable quality too, albeit slow and noisy. Impact printers were capable of good results, and - I think - the cheapest of all to run.) -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf What's really worth knowing is for the most part unlearnable until you have enough experience to even recognise it as knowledge, let alone as useful knowledge. - Wolf K , in alt.windows7.general, 2017-4-30 |
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virtual|file printer
On 2020-7-18 9:31, Paul wrote:
The manufacturer takes them and customizes them. Making them a little less universal. HP took the Microsoft universal Postscript, and that's what I installed for a virtual printer. I think I have that HP driver: HP Universal Print Driver for Windows PostScript, named upd-PS-X32-5_2_6_9321.exe here. I've tried that too, but apparently it only supports HP series and not Xerox. Postscript, PCL, that seemed "universal" languages for printers, still get refused by manufacturers as a basic common language. Maybe PDF would be the next, I doubt. As to virtual printers, specifically PDF printers, you could use PDF-XChange Lite or Foxit Reader PDF Printer directly, without using postscript as an intermediate. I used to use Ghostscript's virtual printer to print to ps file and then convert it to pdf as you do, but now I could hardly see any usage of ps file. -- Regards, Lu Wei IM: PGP: 0xA12FEF7592CCE1EA |
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