KDE Print porting - help needed

[Kurt Pfeifle]

Kurt Pfeifle wrote:

>> Users on Windows are forced to use a non-postscript workflow since the 
>> windows printing system doesn't support it. 
> 
> AFAIK, that is not true. It's just that Windows and MS do not use
> it *by default*.
> 
> You should have a look at what "localspl.dll" can do. It can take
> PostScript input, and run the locally installed printer driver
> (*any* driver) to produce RAW format (RAW is what they call on
> MS Windows a file that is "ready to print on the target device";
> RAW isn't a specific format, it may be PostScript, ESC/P, HP/GL,
> LIDIL, PCL,... whatever).

Rats!, a typo in there above. The DLL I meant is called "sfmpsprt.dll"
(and is often described as the "Windows NT Services for Macintosh
PostScript Print Processor").

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