https://github.com/hikari-no-yume/lettermaster-unidrv

A failed attempt to write a Unidrv minidriver for the Royal LetterMaster daisy wheel printer
https://github.com/hikari-no-yume/lettermaster-unidrv

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A failed attempt to write a Unidrv minidriver for the Royal LetterMaster daisy wheel printer

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/hikari-no-yume/lettermaster-unidrv
• Owner: hikari-no-yume
• License: other
• Created: 2015-04-14T15:42:51.000Z (almost 10 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2015-04-14T20:50:23.000Z (almost 10 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-31T05:08:22.612Z (3 months ago)
• Homepage: http://blog.ajf.me/2015-04-08-daisy-wheel-diaries-part-1
• Size: 141 KB
• Stars: 2
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE.md

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What's this?

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A Microsoft Universal Printer Driver (aka Unidrv) "minidriver" for the [Royal LetterMaster](http://blog.ajf.me/2015-04-08-daisy-wheel-diaries-part-1), a budget 1980s daisy wheel printer. It's supposed to run on Windows 2000 or later.

It doesn't work yet. Something about the .GPD file means it won't install, see: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/29633343/printer-installation-fails-with-unable-to-install-printer-some-driver-files-a

Usage

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If you want to get this to work, you'll need to [start Windows in the mode where it doesn't check driver signatures](http://revryl.com/2013/02/19/force-driver-windows-8/), because it's unsigned.

During development, the `gpdcheck` tool from the Windows Driver Kit is invaluable to check for syntax errors.

### How you could generate a Security Catalog File if you really wanted to

Add `CatalogFile=LetterMaster.cat` in the `[Version]` section of `LetterMaster.inf`.

To generate `lettermaster.cat` use `Inf2Cat`, available as part of the Windows Driver Kit. The command would look something like this:

    inf2cat /drv:"F:\Projects\2015\Royal LetterMaster\LetterMaster-Unidrv" /os:2000,XP_X86,XP_X64,Server2003_X86,Server2003_IA64,Server2003_X64,Vista_X86,Vista_X64,Server2008_X86,Server2008_IA64,Server2008_X64,7_X86,7_X64,Server2008R2_IA64,Server2008R2_X64,Server8_x64,8_ARM,8_X86,8_X64,Server6_3_X64,6_3_ARM,6_3_X64,6_3_x86

Note that:

* `/drv` is given the name of the *directory* containing the inf file, not the inf file itself

* `/os` here is given every OS inf2cat supports, but there might be more in future

Then you'd need to sign it somehow to make this particularly meaningful.