Hi guys!

I need to create a printer driver to obtain a TIFF file. I'm reading
for the second time the Microsoft DDK but it's very difficult.
Does someone has a document that shows this matter?
My problem is to understand what I need to develop: a port monitor? a
driver? a printer graphics?

Can someone help me to start?
Thank you very much.
Roberto

Re: Help for printer driver developer by Ali

Ali
Fri Jun 16 08:20:44 CDT 2006


roberto.garavaglia@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi guys!
>
> I need to create a printer driver to obtain a TIFF file. I'm reading
> for the second time the Microsoft DDK but it's very difficult.
> Does someone has a document that shows this matter?
> My problem is to understand what I need to develop: a port monitor? a
> driver? a printer graphics?
>
> Can someone help me to start?
> Thank you very much.
> Roberto

Would you like to elaborate more about your requirement? You have just
mentioned that you need to obtain a TIFF. If you want to have a
conversion like from doc2tiff , pdf2 tiff etc. etc. then what makes you
think that you really need a genuine printer driver? You can do this by
using conversion mechanism like ghostScript and of course you do need a
driver in this case also but it will be a user mode driver. Have a
look at PDFCreator [ sf.net ] , it is user mode driver doing all the
tricks for conversion.


Re: Help for printer driver developer by roberto

roberto
Fri Jun 16 09:22:46 CDT 2006


Ali ha scritto:

> roberto.garavaglia@gmail.com wrote:
> > Hi guys!
> >
> > I need to create a printer driver to obtain a TIFF file. I'm reading
> > for the second time the Microsoft DDK but it's very difficult.
> > Does someone has a document that shows this matter?
> > My problem is to understand what I need to develop: a port monitor? a
> > driver? a printer graphics?
> >
> > Can someone help me to start?
> > Thank you very much.
> > Roberto
>
> Would you like to elaborate more about your requirement? You have just
> mentioned that you need to obtain a TIFF. If you want to have a
> conversion like from doc2tiff , pdf2 tiff etc. etc. then what makes you
> think that you really need a genuine printer driver? You can do this by
> using conversion mechanism like ghostScript and of course you do need a
> driver in this case also but it will be a user mode driver. Have a
> look at PDFCreator [ sf.net ] , it is user mode driver doing all the
> tricks for conversion.

Ok. I'm sorry for my criptic question.
I would like to develop my own printer driver but I'm very confused by
the ddk. I cannot figure out what I need. I don't want a code but, if
possible, documentation not confusing as ddk.
What is the difference between the printer component? When I need a
port monitor, a driver or a minidriver?

Thank you.


Re: Help for printer driver developer by Ali

Ali
Fri Jun 16 09:49:57 CDT 2006


roberto.garavaglia@gmail.com wrote:
> Ali ha scritto:
>
> > roberto.garavaglia@gmail.com wrote:
> > > Hi guys!
> > >
> > > I need to create a printer driver to obtain a TIFF file. I'm reading
> > > for the second time the Microsoft DDK but it's very difficult.
> > > Does someone has a document that shows this matter?
> > > My problem is to understand what I need to develop: a port monitor? a
> > > driver? a printer graphics?
> > >
> > > Can someone help me to start?
> > > Thank you very much.
> > > Roberto
> >
> > Would you like to elaborate more about your requirement? You have just
> > mentioned that you need to obtain a TIFF. If you want to have a
> > conversion like from doc2tiff , pdf2 tiff etc. etc. then what makes you
> > think that you really need a genuine printer driver? You can do this by
> > using conversion mechanism like ghostScript and of course you do need a
> > driver in this case also but it will be a user mode driver. Have a
> > look at PDFCreator [ sf.net ] , it is user mode driver doing all the
> > tricks for conversion.
>
> Ok. I'm sorry for my criptic question.
> I would like to develop my own printer driver but I'm very confused by
> the ddk. I cannot figure out what I need. I don't want a code but, if
> possible, documentation not confusing as ddk.
> What is the difference between the printer component? When I need a
> port monitor, a driver or a minidriver?
>
> Thank you.

> I would like to develop my own printer driver
Man it didn't work!
All we can know is that you want to develope a bare head printer
driver;-) it might be because of your wish or dream. Any way its hard
to suggest any thing before knowing atleast a little about requirement
and problem.

This below link if it can help you.
[
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.development.device.drivers/browse_thread/thread/b865ac23887a75a1/ae221968b63dbb0a?q=port+%2B+abdulrazaq%40gmail&rnum=13#ae221968b63dbb0a
]



ali


Re: Help for printer driver developer by Igoogle

Igoogle
Mon Jun 19 01:59:48 CDT 2006

I think printer processor is better than other .

Ali wrote:
> roberto.garavaglia@gmail.com wrote:
> > Ali ha scritto:
> >
> > > roberto.garavaglia@gmail.com wrote:
> > > > Hi guys!
> > > >
> > > > I need to create a printer driver to obtain a TIFF file. I'm reading
> > > > for the second time the Microsoft DDK but it's very difficult.
> > > > Does someone has a document that shows this matter?
> > > > My problem is to understand what I need to develop: a port monitor? a
> > > > driver? a printer graphics?
> > > >
> > > > Can someone help me to start?
> > > > Thank you very much.
> > > > Roberto
> > >
> > > Would you like to elaborate more about your requirement? You have just
> > > mentioned that you need to obtain a TIFF. If you want to have a
> > > conversion like from doc2tiff , pdf2 tiff etc. etc. then what makes you
> > > think that you really need a genuine printer driver? You can do this by
> > > using conversion mechanism like ghostScript and of course you do need a
> > > driver in this case also but it will be a user mode driver. Have a
> > > look at PDFCreator [ sf.net ] , it is user mode driver doing all the
> > > tricks for conversion.
> >
> > Ok. I'm sorry for my criptic question.
> > I would like to develop my own printer driver but I'm very confused by
> > the ddk. I cannot figure out what I need. I don't want a code but, if
> > possible, documentation not confusing as ddk.
> > What is the difference between the printer component? When I need a
> > port monitor, a driver or a minidriver?
> >
> > Thank you.
>
> > I would like to develop my own printer driver
> Man it didn't work!
> All we can know is that you want to develope a bare head printer
> driver;-) it might be because of your wish or dream. Any way its hard
> to suggest any thing before knowing atleast a little about requirement
> and problem.
>
> This below link if it can help you.
> [
> http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.development.device.drivers/browse_thread/thread/b865ac23887a75a1/ae221968b63dbb0a?q=port+%2B+abdulrazaq%40gmail&rnum=13#ae221968b63dbb0a
> ]
>
>
>
> ali