Re: flexfax: Postscript Driver for WHFC 0.70 on Win95

["Martin E Main" <mmain@mcmail.com>]

There is a Microsoft FAQ about the problem of printer codes which switch the
real printers into postscript mode.

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q162/6/69.asp


This worked for me, although I believe the disable printer codes option has
be re-instated in version 0.75 of WHFC.


-----Original Message-----
From: David Woolley <david@djwhome.demon.co.uk>
To: Trevor Astrope <astrope@tabbweb.com>
Cc: flexfax@sgi.com <flexfax@sgi.com>
Date: 11 February 1998 18:16
Subject: Re: flexfax: Postscript Driver for WHFC 0.70 on Win95


>> It seems to me that the problem is at the Win95 side and the postscript
>> driver that we are using. We've tried the HP 4/4M driver and other HP 4
>> drivers as well as some QMS drivers. The Apple Lser 16/600 driver
>
>The two main problems I'm aware of are that some drivers generate extra
>code to put the printer into Postscript mode and that the Microsoft
>drivers generate Postscript which is not page independent, by default.
>
>The first problem requires that you use a driver for a simple postscript
>printer.  The second problem requires that you dig around in the advanced
>options in the printer setup (not sure whether it is document defaults or
>the actual printer settings).  You may also need to turn off an initial
>^D.
>
>