Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Creating PDF995 printer again

We noticed that PDF995 Printer set up on a server may go missing some times after a RDP (remote desktop) session despite of having unchecked "Printers" under "Local Resources" (RDP properties).

You may be able to create it manually as follows.

  • Make sure c:/windows/pdf995.ini has the settings as needed. If this file is empty, see whether you can get a copy from c:/program files/pdf995/res/pdf995.ini that you can modify appropriately.
  • Launch "Add Printer" wizard.
  • Select "Local printer attached to this computer", uncheck "Automatically detect and install ..."
  • Select "PDF995PORT (local port)" for "Use the following port:"
  • Ignore listed Manufacturer and Printers, but click on "Have Disk ...".
  • Navigate to c:/Program Files/pdf995/res/convert to select "ghostpdf.ini".
  • Change printer name to PDF995.
  • Complete printer set up.
  • Make the new printer as the default printer, if necessary.
  • Find the printer in "Printer and Faxes", click on properties to go to "Advanced tab" as shown.
  • Select "PDF995 Printer Driver" under "Driver" as opposed to any reference to Ghostscript.
  • Click OK to complete printer configuration.
  • Print a text file, from Word Pad, to PDF995 printer to make sure it shows up as a PDF file under "My Documents".  If the file does not show up, then the printer set up likely not working.