[plug] Non-linux printers - Update(2)

[Arie Hol]

PDFCreator installs on Windows with the following files :

"ghostpdf.inf" and "ghostpdf.ppd" 


Contents of the "ghostpdf.inf" file
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; GHOSTPDF.INF (for Windows XP)

[Version]
Signature="$Windows NT$"
Provider=Ghostgum Software Pty Ltd
ClassGUID={4D36E979-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
Class=Printer
CatalogFile=oemprint.cat

DriverVer=08/19/2004,1.0.0.0

; Manufacturer section
[Manufacturer]
"Ghostscript"

; Model section
[Ghostscript]
"Ghostscript PDF" = GHOSTPDF.PPD, Ghostscript_PDF, Ghostscript_PDF_Writer

; Installer section
[GHOSTPDF.PPD]
CopyFiles=@GHOSTPDF.PPD
DataSection=PSCRIPT_DATA
Include=NTPRINT.INF
Needs=PSCRIPT.OEM

[DestinationDirs]
DefaultDestDir=66000

[SourceDisksNames]
1=%Disk1%,,,""

[SourceDisksFiles]
GHOSTPDF.PPD =1

[Strings]
Disk1="Ghostscript PPD Setup Disk 1"
; end of ghostpdf.inf

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The header of the "ghostpdf.inf" file
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*PPD-Adobe: "4.3"
*FileVersion: "1.1"
*FormatVersion: "4.3" 
*LanguageEncoding: "ISOLatin1"
*LanguageVersion: "English"
*Manufacturer: "Ghostscript"
*ModelName: "Ghostscript PDF Writer"
*NickName: "Ghostscript"
*% PCFileName should be of the form XXNNNNNN.PDF where XX is an assigned
*% manufacturer code.
*PCFileName: "GHOSTPDF.PDF"
*PPD-Adobe: "4.3"
*Product: "(AFPL Ghostscript)"
*Product: "(GNU Ghostscript)"
*Product: "(GPL Ghostscript)"
*Product: "(Ghostscript)"
*PSVersion: "(3010) 815"
*ShortNickName: "Ghostscript"
============================

Perhaps these files could provide the information required to set up 
PDFCreator as a Windows printer driver which can handle print jobs from 
Linux boxes.

The PDFcreator printer driver should be installed on the Windows print 
server and then be configured to "print direct to printer" - one click in 
the "Advanced" settings for PDFcreator will take care of this.

Good luck with this if you are game to try.

Regards Arie
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