I don't think I'm able to help on this: what I have (some older-than-the-last
release of Kari's installer package) does work for me, but my setup is
atypical. I don't have any default PDF app going, but do have older *portable*
versions of Sumatra PDF and PDFXCview. In use of vDOSxy printing, this works
out to involve a couple of extra, manual steps. A PDF file does get created,
but then I have to go looking for it. (Or it may go to the desktop -- I'm not
sure.) I get a notice that there is no default PDF app, what do I want to open
the file with ? After locating the file, I manually invoke one of those
aforementioned portable PDF apps, open the file, and proceed with the printing.
The OS is unaware of the presence of most portable apps, or very close to
that. The upside is that they tend not to get entangled with anything else,
you could have multiple versions of the same app available (not just ONE
installed version), there is no Registry involvement, and the app could be run
from a flash drive. But, in terms of vDOSxy printing, there is very likely an
easier way to go about this.
Jordan
On Saturday, August 24, 2019, 8:39:28 AM PDT, John Paines
<dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The ghostscript support files which have been part of the standard
installation for years now should be on your system.
Memories are dim on this one, but you'll also need the ps printer file as
modified by Kari. This file pre-dates what's now called vdosplus, so you
should already have it. With that in place, ghostscript printing is as
transparent as pcl -- it will detect the fonts automatically and print a pdf to
screen, which you can in turn save or print. Edward Mendelson provided a
utility some time back to print directly to a physical printer, if that's your
preference.
On Saturday, August 24, 2019, 10:49:27 AM EDT, Paul Breeze
<dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I would like to set up printing from VdosPlus using Ghostscript. I have
and oldish version of VdosPlus (2016-10-01) which is quite heavily
personalised so I don't want to use the installer and find I have to
reconfigure many features again. Is there a simple step-by-step guide
to tell me how to go about this? I have read the printer files in my
installation but I am still in the dark.
Any help appreciated
Paul
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