Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!well!brent
From: brent@well.UUCP (Brent Southard)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: How do I write a printer driver?
Keywords: driver printer
Message-ID: <12492@well.UUCP>
Date: 30 Jun 89 15:09:59 GMT
References: <9770@boulder.Colorado.EDU>
Reply-To: brent@well.UUCP (Brent Southard)
Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link, Sausalito, CA
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In article <9770@boulder.Colorado.EDU> adamb@tigger.colorado.edu (Adam 'Velvis' Beguelin) writes:
>A few weeks ago I posted a message asking if anyone knew where
>I could get a printer driver for an Imageswriter that would work
>with MS windows/286.  Well I haven't gotten any responses so
>I figure that I have to do it myself.

Good luck to you.

>Does anyone know how to
>go about writing a driver of this type?  Is there some sort
>of specification as to exactly what it needs to do?

Yes, it's called the Windows Device Driver Kit (DDK), and it is
available from Microsoft.  You must sign a non-disclosure 
agreement to receive it.  The kit deals with all sorts of drivers
for Windows:  printer, video, mouse, etc.

>Can I use Turbo C 2.0?  Do I have to buy some ungodly expensive
>developer's system from Microsoft?  

Well, yes, you need the SDK, but there is no charge for the DDK
itself.  You cannot use Turbo C, as far as I know.  Borland does
not seem too interested in getting in on the Windows developers
market.

	brent
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