PostScript Printer Driver for Windows 7

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

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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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

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

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.