Printer Driver beginner
Hi all, I am trying to develop a monolithic printer driver yet I am new in this area and I am having a hard time to start.
I do wish to know about your experience in a project like this, what problems you have encountered, what should be avoided and what should be done. Any hints and tips (except reading msdn doc, which I already did and it didnt help me :( ) are more than welcome.
Thank you in advance for sharing any of your experience with me.
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neoadam] at [2007-11-19 15:13:41]
# 1 Re: Printer Driver beginner
except reading msdn doc, which I already did and it didnt help me
Don't just read msdn(SDK)...install Windows DDK and go through its documentation on printers and spoolers.
DDK also comes with some sample applications for postscript and universal printer drivers. Try building and running them. Then try to play around with those sample files to see how they work.
Search the internet for more info and try looking around for any samples
http://www.codeproject.com/ does offer some good sample programs, you can have a look there.
printer drivers work on user as well as kernel levels with its own pros and cons, everything is documented.
Last but not the least...do back up data on your system b'coz driver testing can have castastrophic results sometimes ;)
happy programming
