Driver for all versions of Windows?

NTDEV
1

Hi,

If I create a Unidrv Minidriver like the OEMUNI sample, will it work on all
the versions of windows (Win 95/98/NT/2K/ME/XP…)? How can I write a
virtual printer driver that will work on all versions of windows?

Thanks,

Sam

2

The print architecture has changed so many times from Win95 to the
current Win2K3.
I don’t think you can write a driver that works on all the platforms.

Whats the virtual printer driver for ?

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Hi,

If I create a Unidrv Minidriver like the OEMUNI sample, will it work on
all the versions of windows (Win 95/98/NT/2K/ME/XP…)? How can I write
a virtual printer driver that will work on all versions of windows?

Thanks,

Sam

Questions? First check the Kernel Driver FAQ at
http://www.osronline.com/article.cfm?id=256

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Hi Girish,

Thanks for replying.

The virtual driver is for generating EMF output files. How different will
the code be for each platform. What is the architecture that I’ll have to
follow for each of the OS?

–
Sam.

“Girish Kulkarni (kulkis)” wrote in message
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> The print architecture has changed so many times from Win95 to the
> current Win2K3.
> I don’t think you can write a driver that works on all the platforms.
>
> Whats the virtual printer driver for ?
>
>
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> From: xxxxx@lists.osr.com
> [mailto:xxxxx@lists.osr.com] On Behalf Of Sam
> Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 6:02 PM
> To: Windows System Software Devs Interest List
> Subject: [ntdev] Driver for all versions of Windows?
>
>
> Hi,
>
> If I create a Unidrv Minidriver like the OEMUNI sample, will it work on
> all the versions of windows (Win 95/98/NT/2K/ME/XP…)? How can I write
> a virtual printer driver that will work on all versions of windows?
>
> Thanks,
> –
> Sam
>
>
> —
> Questions? First check the Kernel Driver FAQ at
> http://www.osronline.com/article.cfm?id=256
>
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Sam,
The print architecture is well documented in the DDK.
The DDK Samples are a good starting point too…

-g

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Subject: Re:[ntdev] Driver for all versions of Windows?

Hi Girish,

Thanks for replying.

The virtual driver is for generating EMF output files. How different
will the code be for each platform. What is the architecture that I’ll
have to follow for each of the OS?

–
Sam.

“Girish Kulkarni (kulkis)” wrote in message
news:xxxxx@ntdev…
> The print architecture has changed so many times from Win95 to the
> current Win2K3. I don’t think you can write a driver that works on all

> the platforms.
>
> Whats the virtual printer driver for ?
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xxxxx@lists.osr.com
> [mailto:xxxxx@lists.osr.com] On Behalf Of Sam
> Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 6:02 PM
> To: Windows System Software Devs Interest List
> Subject: [ntdev] Driver for all versions of Windows?
>
>
> Hi,
>
> If I create a Unidrv Minidriver like the OEMUNI sample, will it work
> on all the versions of windows (Win 95/98/NT/2K/ME/XP…)? How can I
> write a virtual printer driver that will work on all versions of
> windows?
>
> Thanks,
> –
> Sam
>
>
> —
> Questions? First check the Kernel Driver FAQ at
> http://www.osronline.com/article.cfm?id=256
>
> You are currently subscribed to ntdev as: xxxxx@cisco.com
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>

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