Xerox Mobile Express Driver: "universal" printer driver?
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From: Craig on 21 Apr 2010 17:56 Proprietary. Windows XP or newer. Haven't tried it but it sounds like something that was posted here about Google's attempt for a universal printer driver. Apparently, the driver will sniff out any networked printer which support postscript and then make it usable. Anyway, for those on the move a lot, this might help: > The Xerox Mobile Express Driver is ideal for people who travel or > work in multiple locations. It largely eliminates the need to > download individual printer drivers for each product to which you > print. Instead, download a single universal printer driver to your PC > and print to virtually any PostScript device on your network, even to > those made by other manufacturers. > > Key Features > > * Automatically detects your location based on your local network and > updates your current printer list with preferred printers for that > location > * Tells you instantly which printers are online and available to you > every time you print > * Sorts devices in your printer list based on status, location, name, > etc > * Displays detailed feature options to help you choose the best > printer for your job > * Works with Xerox and non-Xerox PostScript printers and > multifunction devices > * Automatically configures itself to offer users 100% of the features > available in most Xerox printers > * Provides a consistent, simple interface for all printers, making it > easy to find and choose the features you need > * Automatically puts last-used printer (for that location) at the top > of your current printer list <http://www.office.xerox.com/software-solutions/mobile-printer-driver/enus.html> -- -Craig
From: Ari on 21 Apr 2010 17:57 On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:56:13 -0700, Craig wrote: > Proprietary. Windows XP or newer. Haven't tried it but it sounds like > something that was posted here about Google's attempt for a universal > printer driver. Apparently, the driver will sniff out any networked > printer which support postscript and then make it usable. It does a hell of a lot more (damage) than that. -- All you Ferrari drivers, come join us @ www.ferrarichat.com ! All you pilots, jump into the left seat @ www.airlinepilotforums.com !
From: Ari on 21 Apr 2010 18:46 On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:37:54 +0000 (UTC), Mike S. wrote: > In article <839amgF1t4U1(a)mid.individual.net>, > Ari <AriSilverstein(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >>On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:56:13 -0700, Craig wrote: >> >>> Proprietary. Windows XP or newer. Haven't tried it but it sounds like >>> something that was posted here about Google's attempt for a universal >>> printer driver. Apparently, the driver will sniff out any networked >>> printer which support postscript and then make it usable. >> >>It does a hell of a lot more (damage) than that. > > There's a generic PostScript driver that comes with GhostScript. It's > mainly intended for print-to-disc generation of PS output that can be > then converted to PDF. It does no damage whatsoever. If you say so... *lol* -- All you Ferrari drivers, come join us @ www.ferrarichat.com ! All you pilots, jump into the left seat @ www.airlinepilotforums.com !
From: Gordon Darling on 21 Apr 2010 18:52 On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:56:13 -0700, Craig wrote: > a universal printer driver. Isn't it already available and called CUPS? "CUPS is the standards-based, open source printing system developed by Apple Inc. for Mac OS® X and other UNIX®-like operating systems." http://www.cups.org/ Regards Gordon -- ox·y·mo·ron n. pl. ox·y·mo·ra or ox·y·mo·rons A rhetorical figure in which incongruous or contradictory terms are combined, as in Microsoft Security, Microsoft Help and Microsoft Works.
From: Craig on 21 Apr 2010 19:04
On 04/21/2010 03:52 PM, Gordon Darling wrote: > On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:56:13 -0700, Craig wrote: > >> a universal printer driver. > > Isn't it already available and called CUPS? The Xerox offering is Windows-only. And CUPS? Anything-but-windows-only. ;-) hth, -- -Craig |