Dov, Thank you. Yes, this answers my question. I will forward this to the Canon printers/photocopiers agent.
Also thanks to Mike Wickham. It is a Xerox Phaser 7300DT we are replacing. Ricoh/Nashuatec/Gestetner/Rex Rotary/Infotec and some of Lanier are all the same thing, all owned by Ricoh Group, IIRC. Best regards, Bodvar On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 4:09 PM, Dov Isaacs <isaacs at adobe.com> wrote: > Bodvar, > > You are NOT being given very accurate information from your so-called > agent. > > First of all, Adobe has not provided its own PostScript driver since > Windows NT 4 and Windows'98 days. Since then (i.e., for Windows 2000, > Windows XP, Windows 2003 Server, Windows Vista, and Windows 2008 Server), > the driver distributed by Microsoft with Windows, the PSCRIPT5.DLL driver, > is the driver that was developed by a collaboration of Adobe with Microsoft > and now maintained by Microsoft. Virtually all Adobe's OEMs package up > this driver along with some added-value "plug-ins" along their products. > (Providers of CloneScript devices often do likewise, although many of them > distribute a fairly unreliable PostScript driver sourced from other > companies - a separate discussion.) > > There are a good number of printers available with Adobe PostScript 3. They > are available from Xerox, OKI, Ricoh, Xant?, Dell, Fuji Xerox, and others. > Some high end printer vendors sell their print engines with EFI RIPs or > Spire RIPs that all use Adobe PostScript 3. > > The availability of these printers has nothing to do with drivers. A fully > functional PostScript driver is delivered by Microsoft with every copy of > Windows. > > (Note that the "Adobe Universal PostScript Driver Installer" available on > Adobe's website has not been updated since the days of Windows 2000. For > Windows 2000 and later, all it does is use the system's own PostScript driver > and associates it with a user designated PPD file, similar to how the > built-in > Windows "Add Printer Wizard" works. This installer is a 16-bit installer and > does not work properly with Windows Vista nor with any 64-bit Windows > version.) > > Does that answer your question?!? > > - Dov > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Bodvar Bjorgvinsson > > Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 8:33 AM > > To: Frame Users > > Subject: OT: Adobe PS3 drivers > > > > We are in the process of updating our PostScript color printer. Only a > > few seem to be offering true Adobe PS3 printers, but one of the agents > > (with a brand that seems to offer either one of true Adobe PS3 or a > > PS3 emulator) says that Adobe no longer provides drivers, only > > licenses for third parties to make those, resulting in diminishing > > offers of printers with the "Adobe PS3" logo. > > > > Can anyone on the list confirm this or explain this? (Dov? Shlomo?) > > > > Thank you, > > > > Bodvar Bjorgvinsson > > Air Atlanta Icelandic > -- "It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious." -- Edsel Murphy, dec.