User Mode Printer Driver

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Hi,

In NT4 it is possible to write a user mode printer driver DLL which is
then identified to the system using the SPLUserModePrinterDriver key in
the registry under
HKLM/System/CurrentControlSet/Control/Print/Printers//PrinterDriverData.

Does anyone know if this is still possible in XP?

Cheers,

David

2

The print driver model on XP is completely different from NT4. All
printer drivers are supposed to be user mode drivers on W2K and XP. So
the question of whether you can write a UMPD on XP is moot.

  • Ashwin

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Subject: [ntdev] User Mode Printer Driver

Hi,

In NT4 it is possible to write a user mode printer driver DLL which is
then identified to the system using the SPLUserModePrinterDriver key in
the registry under
HKLM/System/CurrentControlSet/Control/Print/Printers//Print
erDriverData.

Does anyone know if this is still possible in XP?

Cheers,

David

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I know this a little off topic but, I was wondering if you knew of any
other good NT driver developer forums. Thank you in advance.

Anthony
Ashwin Needamangala wrote:The print driver model on XP is completely different from NT4. All
printer drivers are supposed to be user mode drivers on W2K and XP. So
the question of whether you can write a UMPD on XP is moot.

- Ashwin

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Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2003 9:34 PM
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Subject: [ntdev] User Mode Printer Driver

Hi,

In NT4 it is possible to write a user mode printer driver DLL which is
then identified to the system using the SPLUserModePrinterDriver key in
the registry under
HKLM/System/CurrentControlSet/Control/Print/Printers/
/Print
erDriverData.

Does anyone know if this is still possible in XP?

Cheers,

David

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Hi Anthony,

I used to like http:</http:> http://www.chsw.com/DDK-L/.
The list no longer lives, but you can check out the archives.

I also used to hang at comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.drivers, but that list
gets *so* much spam and way-Way-WAY-off-topic stuff that I gave it up.
Don’t know if it still lives…

Suggest you spend a little time googling. I got good results with “ddk-l ms
driver programer”.

Harmony,

–Christine

-----Original Message-----
From: Anthony Palomba [mailto:xxxxx@yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 11:05 AM
To: NT Developers Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] RE: User Mode Printer Driver

I know this a little off topic but, I was wondering if you knew of any

other good NT driver developer forums. Thank you in advance.

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This is the Microsoft DDK newsgroup.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/loadframes.asp?icp=msdn&slcid=us&ne
wsgroup=microsoft.public.development.device.drivers

  • Ashwin

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-----Original Message-----
From: Anthony Palomba [mailto:xxxxx@yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 11:05 AM
To: NT Developers Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] RE: User Mode Printer Driver

I know this a little off topic but, I was wondering if you knew of any
other good NT driver developer forums. Thank you in advance.

Anthony
Ashwin Needamangala wrote:
The print driver model on XP is completely different from NT4. All
printer drivers are supposed to be user mode drivers on W2K and XP. So
the question of whether you can write a UMPD on XP is moot.

- Ashwin

This posting is provided “AS IS” with no warranties, and confers no
rights.

-----Original Message-----
From: xxxxx@aspect.com.au [mailto:xxxxx@aspect.com.au]

Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2003 9:34 PM
To: NT Developers Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] User Mode Printer Driver

Hi,

In NT4 it is possible to write a user mode printer driver DLL which is
then identified to the system using the SPLUserModePrinterDriver key in
the registry under
HKLM/System/CurrentControlSet/Control/Print/Printers//Print
erDriverData.

Does anyone know if this is still possible in XP?

Cheers,

David

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It lives, but microsoft.public.development.device.drivers is better - more traffic and more MS people.

Max

----- Original Message -----
From: Christine Ames
To: NT Developers Interest List
Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 11:00 PM
Subject: [ntdev] RE: User Mode Printer Driver

Hi Anthony,

I used to like http://www.chsw.com/DDK-L/. The list no longer lives, but you can check out the archives.

I also used to hang at comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.drivers, but that list gets *so* much spam and way-Way-WAY-off-topic stuff that I gave it up. Don’t know if it still lives…

Suggest you spend a little time googling. I got good results with “ddk-l ms driver programer”.

Harmony,

–Christine

-----Original Message-----
From: Anthony Palomba [mailto:xxxxx@yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 11:05 AM
To: NT Developers Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] RE: User Mode Printer Driver

I know this a little off topic but, I was wondering if you knew of any

other good NT driver developer forums. Thank you in advance.

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