Microsoft Universal Printer Driver

This section describes the Microsoft Universal Printer Driver (Unidrv) and explains how to add minidrivers that allow Unidrv to support new printers. The following topics are covered:

Introduction to the Universal Printer Driver

Introduction to GPD Files

Printer Attributes

Printer Commands

Printer Features

Printer Options

Printer Font Descriptions

Conditional Statements

Compressing Raster Data

Filtering Raster Data

Handling Color Formats

Halftoning with Unidrv

Controlling Image Quality

Handling Installable Features and Options

Specifying Feature and Option Display Order

Describing Printer Memory Configurations

Specifying Paper Sizes

Referencing Locales

Using Unidrv Vector Graphics Capabilities

Installing a Unidrv Minidriver

Unidrv Printer Minidriver Versioning