come installare un driver postscript

Esistono diversi modi per installare un driver per una stampante virtuale Postscript;
questa che segue è una guida molto semplice e dettagliata per windows NT, della Optical Society of America;
informazioni sull'installazione per altre piattaforme sono qui;


  1. Download the file Apple230.ppd and save it in the WINNT directory on your system's hard drive.
  2. Start Button/Settings/Control Panel/
  3. Printers (double click)
  4. Add Printer (double Click)
    The next screen should be a small box called "Add Printer Wizard" and should show 2 radio buttons: My Computer and Network printer server. If "my computer" option is greyed out, you need network access to install a new postscript printer driver. If so, please call your IS department. Otherwise, click on "my computer" an the Next button.
  5. From the Available Ports list, scroll to the bottom to selet "file: local port" and click Next
  6. From the Manufacturers list, select Apple; from the printer list select "Apple LaswerWriter v23.0" and click next.
  7. The next window should show "Apple LaswerWriter v23.0" and No as the selected options; if so, click next.
  8. Choose "Not Shared" from the next window & click next.
  9. The wizard will then ask you to insert a CD-Rom... click OK.
  10. from the next window, select "browse" from the lower righ corner and find the apple230.ppd file you saved to your hard drive in step 1; click OK; then click done
  11. Again, the system will ask you for a disk; again, browse 'till you find the "pscript.dll" file in: WINNT\System32\spool\drivers\w32x86; if it's not there, do a file- find from your start button for that file and then browse to it. Note: if neither of these things work, contact your systems administrator.
  12. Select the option to print a test document.