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PostScript Printer Driver for Windows 7

I am trying to convert Pagemaker 7.0 files to PDF and cannot do so without a PostScript printer driver.

The driver on the PM install disc will not install.

The driver available on the Adobe website will not install.

The HP tech support cannot help me. They have directed me back to Adobe.

The tech support at Adobe is no help at all unless I want to pay them $140.00 to use the software I already purchased from them.

Where and how can I get a PostScript Printer Driver for my 64-bit Windows 7 machine?

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Please repost your question in the Windows7 Forum at: http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-us/category/windows7 where experts in Windows7 will be happy to assist you.

Good luck!

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Hi Maz848,

Please see the following post with a similar issue and possible fix:

http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vistahardware/thread/e5372352-bcdf-400f-b9a6-1f3314d88f25

Hope this helps!

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May be ancient history for you by now, but I have had same problem in loading driver from my PM7 disc onto a new laptop. Did you ever discover how to do it? Thanx

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ALL of the links for "help" on this issue are BROKEN.  So if someone wants to get an answer to this problem, those links will do you no good at all.  Luckily I'm trying to do this within a VM, and my host OS (Linux) can work with my PS printer just fine.  Of course, trying to use "Windows Update" gives me a dialogue that will NEVER get anywhere even after leaving it for 20-30 minutes.  So unless someone can point to a regular, straightforward download, rather than trying to show off MS' cleverness at making a day-long process out of a 5-minute task, it will never work.

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see

http://www.w7forums.com/threads/where-can-i-get-a-generic-postscript-driver-for-w7.8526/

I think that this should work -- at least it just has done for me, except it is black and white only so far

best wishes,

Tom

p.s. you can use ghost view / script to turn this .ps output into pdf format

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I have the exact same issue. Did you find a way to resolve it. Did you find a download somewhere for Windows 7. Adobe told me to buy InDesign and I could open my PM file using that. I just want the postscript driver for PM7!!  Crazy my $600 install disk wont work. I don't care that its old, it should work

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Hi. Did you get PM to convert to PDF? I am trying to figure it out too. Disk won't work. So annoying.

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It is not working for me. I have not had time to try Tom's suggestion but will do so before long. Otherwise, wondering if W8...or W9....will load this driver for me when I upgrade. And I agree with you - do not want to buy new Adobe software either, just for what should be a quick fix. For now, using XPS when I must, but would much rather be able to revise my old and make new PDFs.

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What I don't understand is why I can export my PM7 files on my old laptop that runs Windows 7 just fine, but now that I try to install the same PM7 program on my new laptop also running Windows 7, it will not run without those PS drivers. I just love PM7 and have no need for In Design!

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Try this. It is not 100% but it works for me in most situations. I have PageMaker 7.0 in Windows Vista (similar to Windows 7). I'm still looking for a better solution but in the mean time, at least I can export most PageMaker 7.0 (.pmd) documents to Adobe PDF.

Go to Control Panel - Printers

Right Click in an empty spot - select "Add Printer ..."

Choose "Add a local printer"

Check box "Use an existing port"

Select "FILE (Print to file)" (you can experiment but I used this option)

Click Next

Under '"Manufacturer" - Choose "Generic"

Under "Printers" - Choose "MS Publisher Color Printer"

Click Next and finish out the Wizard

Good Luck

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