Printer Driver Generator 1.2.0.0

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In Brief

Generate INF-based printer drivers without iPrint.

Vitals

Updated:	23 Jun 2006
File Size:	265KB
License:	Free
Download:	/coolsolutions/tools/downloads/pdrvgen.rar
Publisher:	Tommy Mikkelsen

Disclaimer

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Details

This is a small tool that I wrote out of need. I do believe that this tool may be of use to others, but it's still in beta phase, and I need feedback from users, Please :-)

Problem:

I have a printer that did not come with an INF-based printer driver,but instead with a setup.exe-based driver / or integrated with Windows. I don't run iPrint, but only Point-And-Print, or NDPS. How do I distribute this driver?

Answer:

Install this program on your PC, and run PDrvGen.exe, select the printer, and select "Generate".
An INF-based driver will now be generated!

What's new in version 1.2.0.0:

Theo Pluym found an HP Driver that wasn't written that well, since it didn't liked a space between the parameters. Since I figured, that other drivers might suffer from the same problem, I corrected PDrvGen to generate inf-files without this.

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Reader Comments

• Just perfect!
• Cooollllllll
• Works perfect
• I could have used this years ago with some buggy printer drivers. This works great!!
• Just what I needed! Great..
• Great tool! Would be HYPER-GENIUS if the INFs could be modified to reflect the current settings of the installed printer (RAM, Duplex, Tray settings, ...) Thanks a lot!
• Excellent tool. Solved my problem.
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• Exactly what I was looking for.
• Right on the money!!!
• Thank you so much for this post. It worked great for an HP Color LaserJet 4700. I wouldn't have been able to get it set up in iPrint without this utility. It would be quicker if the compression was zip rather than rar, but it works and that is what matters.
• Awesome tool, and a life-saver taboot!
• Awesome. Could NOT get any flavor of the HP4350 XP driver to install to Resource Manager - Not PCl5, PCL6, Universal, PostScript - until I ran this utility. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!
• Execellent !!
• Very cool tool! It's a shame for Novell that adding drivers is still so klunky, but you saved my day!
• Just as advertised!! Got my Lexmark working when iPrint would only error off on the driver cd.
• Excellent Tool !!!!
• Rescued us from a goofy .inf problem related to HP printers. Excellent tool
• FANTASTIC! I've been looking for this kind of tool for a long time! Thank you!!
• saved my life, great for developers too who need to get that inf just right.
• Execellent
• Utterly amazing! Words don't describe what a gem this is!
• So far it worked like a charm...thanks
• Wonderful! Easiest way I've found to create an INF file from the new one-size-fits-all format used for WinNT/2K/XP drivers. Uploaded to the Broker without a hitch.
• Perfect!!