There was a generic PostScript option included with that installer (it wasn't a separate driver) that used a very generic PostScript language level 2 PPD.
This driver installer allowed you to associate a particular PPD with that driver to create a PostScript printer driver instance on a particular communications port. Adam” your facts aren't quite correct.Īdobe has not shipped any PostScript driver for Windows since Windows'9x and Windows NT 4.Īdobe did provide a PostScript driver installer that worked for Windows 2000 and XP, 32-bit only, that simply created a PostScript printer driver instance using the standard PSCRIPT5 driver that was already included with all Windows versions since Windows 2000.
That is a function of software such as Adobe Acrobat which when installed, creates a PostScript printer driver instance and the appropriate plumbing to feed generated PostScript into the Distiller which creates PDF from PostScript.Īctually “Dr. You either need a driver that directly produces PDF from your application via the print function or software that provides a PostScript driver interface and a means of converting the generated PostScript into PDF. There is no intention by Adobe to update the installer you tried to run for either 64-bit or newer Windows versions.Ī PostScript driver by itself isn't what you need to product PDF. pdd file with possibly one or more driver plug-ins). The installer was updated to run with Windows 2000 and XP (32-bit) to ease the transition for PostScript devices for which the manufacturers had not yet provided Windows 2000 and XP-compatible PostScript driver installers (typically a.
That installer was originally designed for Windows NT 4 and Windows'9x which did not have a modern PostScript driver. That installer does not work with any 64-bit version of Windows or with any version of Windows newer than Windows XP. Adobe does have an installer that is used to associate that built-in Windows driver with user-provided PPD files. All versions of Windows since Windows 2000 come with a PostScript driver, PSCRIPT5.DLL.