Yes, Acrobat 4.05 does indeed install new drivers if the existing drivers are not up to the current level of AdobePS drivers.
For Windows'9X, it installs AdobePS 4.3.1. Printers controlled by Microsoft's PSCRIPT driver are not affected. Note that the major problem here is for printer instances for ancient and honorable (all of these printers are older than eight years!) PostScript Level 1 devices that were previously controlled by AdobePS 4.1 (AdobePS 4.2.x and 4.3.x never did support PostScript Level 1). The workaround is to use the Microsoft PSCRIPT driver for these devices.
For Windows NT 4, it installs AdobePS 5.1.1. Printers controlled by Microsoft's PSCRIPT driver are not affected.
For Macintosh, it installs AdobePS 8.6. Printers controlled by Apple's Laserwriter version of the driver are not affected.
- Dov
At 1/14/00 10:20 AM , McClure, Mary M wrote: >Does installing Acrobat 4.05 cause printer drivers to get automatically >updated? > >I have a coworker who complained after he installed the full Acrobat 4.05 >product that he was no longer able to print. The printers he usually prints >to are really old and only speak PostScript Level 1. After installing >Acrobat, he says his printer drivers were updated to the new 4.x.x level >that don't create PS level 1. > >Even systems that had more up-to-date drivers were affected. Rather than >updating the actual printer driver, he noticed that after Acrobat was >installed all of his driver options had been reset to their default values. > >Has anybody else noticed this behavior? Is there anyway it can be prevented >(not installing the PDFWriter portion pops into my mind)? > > > >Mary McClure >Product Information >Unisys Corporation >mary.mcclure@unisys.com
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