Virtual Printer Driver for Windows
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Hello, can you please help me with the following questions...
- If I need a virtual printer that will convert a PostScript stream to a different format, do I have to implement a virtual printer from scratch or implement a rendering plug-in?
- The rendering plug-in seems to support only certain customizations. Also the data invariably goes to the spooler which is not needed in this case.
- If I implement a virtual printer driver does it completely replace the Microsoft PostScript Driver or the Microsoft Universal Driver?
- Since my driver is virtual, does it matter if I write a PostScript compliant or a Universal Driver compliant one?
- Any other method to convert a printed document to a custom document format apart from implementing a virtual printer driver? Can I hook on as a port monitor or something? From what I could understand I guess not.
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