madodel wrote:
> Mike O'Connor wrote:
>   
>> 
>> Hi Phil,
>>
>> For years I have just used the Apple LaserWriter Plus PS driver v42_2 
>> for my Apple LW Select 310 (mono - 300 dpi). Reading your message 
>> prompted me to actually look for a specific PPD file to import - as it's 
>> not listed in the PSCRIPT.DRV. Back in 1993, I obtained the full PS 
>> package direct from Adobe, but had forgotten I had it! :-[
>> I downloaded both from Adobe and another URL, PPD files for the 
>> LaserWriter-Select 310 v52.5l.
>> One was obviously for Windows as it had lines terminated by 0x0d,0x0a 
>> and was a few hundred bytes larger than the other which was terminated 
>> with just 0x0a - Mac style.
>>
>> I ran the instpdr and everything in the window indicated it had updated 
>> pscript.drv OK.
>> However attempting to either modify the current setup or install another 
>> printer resulted in the Select 310 v52.51 not showing up in the 
>> selection list.
>>
>> I had backed up a copy of pscript.drv - which existed identically under 
>> both \ecs and \os2 trees - and comparing the files after using instprd 
>> resulted in the following;
>>     
>
> It doesn't modify the actual pscript.drv it creates a file called 
> auxprint.pak and updates EAs that are read when installing the driver to 
> add additional printers to the list to select from.
>
> If you have an eComStation license, logon at ecomstation.com, go to the 
> BetaZone, filter on "Selective install Tools" and download
Alex Taylor's 
> instpdr  (instpdr_20070614.zip).  This is a GUI tool to add new printers to 
> the PostScript driver that have PPDs.  It makes the process much simpler.
>
> Mark
Hi Mark, Andy,

In response to Andy's posting, just as your reply arrived, I was just 
about to post the following:

> Hi Andy,
>
> That was the only change that I noticed!
>
> Looking more carefully at that directory I now notice the last write 
> time for auxprint.pak is from around that time I first made the 
> attempts and looking inside it there's definitely a relevant entry at 
> the beginning of the file which commences "IBM DDPAK V1.0", followed 
> by nulls from offset 0000000e to 0000002b, then 4 bytes containing 
> entries of 0x01,0x00,0x01,0x00, followed by more nulls at offset 
> 00000030-00000033, followed by "LaserWriter-Select 310 v52_5", 
> followed by mainly binary data and finishing up with the list of 
> standard fonts.
the size of that auxprint.pak is 1,916 bytes, the PPD file was 11,489 bytes.

I had already used Alex Taylor's instpdr.exe, from Betazone, "installed" 
as per included directions.

Will try again selecting from drivers other than those included with 
eComStation, and advise outcome.

Regards,
Mike


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