Creating a Windows printer driver

Prerequisites

The printer you want to create a driver for, must be installed before you start the Windows Driver Tool.

To create a Windows driver

1	Start the Windows Driver Tool.

2	From the Printers drop-down list, select the printer you want to create a driver for. The fonts and paper options available for the selected printer are displayed.

3	Specify the settings and click Create.

 

Settings
Driver Name	The name of the driver. For example: My_HPPCL5
Filename (drs-file)	The path to the driver file. For example: C:\temp\My_HPPCL5.drs
Filename (opt-file)	The path to the driver options file. For example: C:\temp\My_HPPCL5_opt.txt
Create widthtables during runtime	Instead of using a fixed width-table, the StreamServer adapts the width for each character at runtime using the TrueType fonts (*.ttf and *.ttc) installed in a directory. In the Font directory box, enter or browse to the path of the directory that contains the fonts, and click Refresh Fonts. The fonts are displayed in the Fonts list. From the Charset list, select a character set.
Show Character Set	Select to include width-tables in the new driver file. The Windows Driver Tool creates the width-tables from the fonts installed on the printer. The StreamServer will use these fixed width-tables at runtime. Select the character sets for which you want to display the fonts available on the printer, and click Refresh Fonts. The fonts are displayed in the Fonts list.
Fonts	The selected fonts will be included in the driver file.
Paper Sizes	The selected paper sizes will be included in the driver file and the driver options file.
Paper Sources	The selected paper sources will be included in the driver file and the driver options file.