What changed from version 1.00 to 1.01 (16 June 2000) ----------------------------------------------------- Summary ------- - The driver doesn't install correctly in Windows 2000. First of all, Windows NT 4.0 installs all driver files to %windows%\system32\spool\drivers\w32x86 and %windows%\system32\spool\drivers\w32x86\2. The 2 is for the kernel mode type drivers used in NT 4. Windows 2000 only installs the files in %windows%\system32\spool\drivers\w32x86\2. The API function GetPrinterDriverDirectory returns %windows%\system32\spool\drivers\w32x86 and this is where the driver looks for its files - especially WOVL0409.LNG and WOVCP.EXE. The driver has been changed to add the "\2" to the path returned by GetPrinterDriverDirectory which is where version 2 drivers should be. Second, the "Datamax" printer item in the "Datamax" Program Manager group was not being created. This item is how the end-user launches the driver's control panel (WOVCP.EXE). The driver invokes wovcp to create the Program Manager group and item. wovcp uses the printer name for the item in the "Datamax Printer" group. The name was supplied to the driver in the form \\servername\printername in NT 4. In Windows 2000 the name is given as \\servername\printername,LocalSplOnly. This name causes the DDE function in Program Manager, used to create the item, to fail. The driver now strips the ",LocalSplOnly" from the printer name.Download Driver Pack
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