Autosave function not using the autosave settings

Hi,

We have pdfcreator 1.2.0 installed on a windows 2008 server,

the problem is that sometimes the autosave function is not working, the pdf save function is opend on the server and is asking to save the file. The autosave settings are then not avaible any more, it looks if they are resetted by the program.

How can I resolve this problem.

Kind Regards,


Bert

 

Hi,

 

thank you for posting the logs, I will let you know as soon as we have found a solution to this.

 

regards,

 

Robin

 Version 1.2.0 was released in March of 2011. There have been 8 revisions since then and countless bug fixes. You may want to consider upgrading to the latest version to see if this resolves your issue. I found when I was having issues with a server install on Windows XP was working inconsistantly when receiveing network print jobs from a Windows 7 x64 machine. I found that I was running a version from 2010. Upgraded, all of my settings stuck, and poof it worked like a million bucks. :)

 Latest is 1.4.1, here: http://download.pdfforge.org/download/pdfcreator/PDFCreator-stable

Hi,

 

I've installed the latest version 1.4.1 as service installation, needed a reboot.I've configured the auto save pdf to disk. The problem that I't won't accept any print jobs. The pdfservice is running as system.

Kind Regards,

 

Bert

 I don't mean to make you restate, but you say that it won't accept any print jobs- Are you getting an error message? What specifically happens when you print?

 

Additionally Robin from support has outlined the ability to generate an advanced logfile following these steps:

We have added advanced logging abilities to the pdfcmon.dll in version 1.4.0 and now we need your help : please enable logging by adding the following DWORD value to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\Print\\Monitors\\pdfcmon in your registry: name : Logging, value :1. This will cause PDFCreator to create an advanced logfile at %Windir%\\Temp\\_pdfcmonLog.txt, please send it to us (support@pdfforge.org).

 

Maybe give that a try too?

I have encountered something similar.

Windows 2008 R2 Server. PDFCreator 1.4.1 - Server1)

PDFCreator is set up as a service. Started using the Domain Administrator account. (Will change this).  PDFCreator is set to Auto save to a directory on the C: drive.  Logging on to the console, via RDP, and sending a test page works perfectly.

On a Windows 2003 SBS server (Server2) I have created a LPR/LPD printer to the PDFCreator on Server1.  By pausing the printer I can see that the spool file arrives but the .pdf file does not get created.

The .inf and .ps files get created in C:\\Windows\\Temp\\0\\PdfCreator\\Spool on Server1

I have made the registry change to create the _pdfcmonLog.txt

The first is when the print is sent from Server2  (Fails)

[23.05.2012 13:14:24]-------------------- = --------------------
[23.05.2012 13:14:24]Modul-PdfStartDocPort=Start
[23.05.2012 13:14:24]PrinterName=PDFCreator
[23.05.2012 13:14:24]JobId=28
[23.05.2012 13:14:24]ComputerName=\\\\ARMSTRONG
[23.05.2012 13:14:24]UserName=administrator (192.168.16.2)
[23.05.2012 13:14:24]SessionId=0
[23.05.2012 13:14:24]WinStation=RDP-Tcp#1
[23.05.2012 13:14:24]Modul-GetUserTmp=Start
[23.05.2012 13:14:24]RevertToSelf=successful
[23.05.2012 13:14:24]WTSQueryUserToken=An attempt was made to reference a token that does not exist.

[23.05.2012 13:14:24]GetEnvironemtVariableForUser-Variable=%TMP%
[23.05.2012 13:14:24]GetEnvironemtVariableForUser-Result=C:\\Windows\\TEMP
[23.05.2012 13:14:24]User-Temp=C:\\Windows\\TEMP
[23.05.2012 13:14:24]Modul-GetUserTmp=End
[23.05.2012 13:14:24]TmpPath=C:\\Windows\\TEMP\\0\\PdfCreator\\Spool
[23.05.2012 13:14:24]PostscriptFile=C:\\Windows\\TEMP\\0\\PdfCreator\\Spool\\FEB264281C634021B92532BB2E6ADA6E.ps
[23.05.2012 13:14:24]DocName=Untitled - Notepad
[23.05.2012 13:14:24]OpenPrinter=True
[23.05.2012 13:14:24]Modul-PdfStartDocPort=End
[23.05.2012 13:14:24]CreateFile: CloseHandle(hFile)=successful
[23.05.2012 13:14:24]Modul-StartPdfCreator=Start
[23.05.2012 13:14:24]RevertToSelf=successful
[23.05.2012 13:14:24]WTSQueryUserToken=An attempt was made to reference a token that does not exist.

[23.05.2012 13:14:24]DuplicateTokenEx=The handle is invalid.

[23.05.2012 13:14:24]CreateEnvironmentBlock=successful
[23.05.2012 13:14:24]EnvironmentSize=1407
[23.05.2012 13:14:24]CommandLine= /PPDFCREATORPRINTER /PIFC:\\Windows\\TEMP\\0\\PdfCreator\\Spool\\FEB264281C634021B92532BB2E6ADA6E.inf
[23.05.2012 13:14:24]Command=C:\\Program Files (x86)\\PDFCreator\\PDFCreator.exe
[23.05.2012 13:14:24]CloseHandle(hTokenDup)=The handle is invalid.

[23.05.2012 13:14:24]CloseHandle(hTokenNew)=The handle is invalid.

[23.05.2012 13:14:24]CloseHandle(pi.hThread)=successful
[23.05.2012 13:14:24]CloseHandle(pi.hProcess)=successful
[23.05.2012 13:14:24]DestroyEnvironmentBlock=successful
[23.05.2012 13:14:24]Modul-StartPdfCreator=End
 

The second is when the print is sent from Server 1 (PDF is created)

[23.05.2012 13:15:31]-------------------- = --------------------
[23.05.2012 13:15:31]Modul-PdfStartDocPort=Start
[23.05.2012 13:15:31]PrinterName=PDFCreator
[23.05.2012 13:15:31]JobId=30
[23.05.2012 13:15:31]ComputerName=\\\\ARMSTRONG
[23.05.2012 13:15:31]UserName=administrator
[23.05.2012 13:15:31]SessionId=2
[23.05.2012 13:15:31]WinStation=RDP-Tcp#0
[23.05.2012 13:15:31]Modul-GetUserTmp=Start
[23.05.2012 13:15:31]RevertToSelf=successful
[23.05.2012 13:15:31]WTSQueryUserToken=successful
[23.05.2012 13:15:31]GetEnvironemtVariableForUser-Variable=%TMP%
[23.05.2012 13:15:31]GetEnvironemtVariableForUser-Result=C:\\Users\\ADMINI~1.COM\\AppData\\Local\\Temp
[23.05.2012 13:15:31]User-Temp=C:\\Users\\ADMINI~1.COM\\AppData\\Local\\Temp
[23.05.2012 13:15:31]Modul-GetUserTmp=End
[23.05.2012 13:15:31]TmpPath=C:\\Users\\ADMINI~1.COM\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\2\\PdfCreator\\Spool
[23.05.2012 13:15:31]PostscriptFile=C:\\Users\\ADMINI~1.COM\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\2\\PdfCreator\\Spool\\2268E721ABD44CEBA441B12FD012675B.ps
[23.05.2012 13:15:31]DocName=Untitled - Notepad
[23.05.2012 13:15:31]OpenPrinter=True
[23.05.2012 13:15:31]Modul-PdfStartDocPort=End
[23.05.2012 13:15:31]CreateFile: CloseHandle(hFile)=successful
[23.05.2012 13:15:31]Modul-StartPdfCreator=Start
[23.05.2012 13:15:31]RevertToSelf=successful
[23.05.2012 13:15:31]WTSQueryUserToken=successful
[23.05.2012 13:15:31]DuplicateTokenEx=successful
[23.05.2012 13:15:31]CreateEnvironmentBlock=successful
[23.05.2012 13:15:31]EnvironmentSize=1713
[23.05.2012 13:15:31]CommandLine= /PPDFCREATORPRINTER /PIFC:\\Users\\ADMINI~1.COM\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\2\\PdfCreator\\Spool\\2268E721ABD44CEBA441B12FD012675B.inf
[23.05.2012 13:15:31]Command=C:\\Program Files (x86)\\PDFCreator\\PDFCreator.exe
[23.05.2012 13:15:31]CloseHandle(hTokenDup)=successful
[23.05.2012 13:15:31]CloseHandle(hTokenNew)=successful
[23.05.2012 13:15:31]CloseHandle(pi.hThread)=successful
[23.05.2012 13:15:31]CloseHandle(pi.hProcess)=successful
[23.05.2012 13:15:31]DestroyEnvironmentBlock=successful
[23.05.2012 13:15:31]Modul-StartPdfCreator=End
 

Regards

 

 

 

Hi,

thanks for the log!

Could you please take a look, which version the pdfcmon.dll has on your system?

 

regards,

 

Robin

Robin,

In an attempt to get it working I installed an older version.  I will be able to uninstall this and install 1.4.1 tonight our time.  Will get the info then.

Thanks

Robin,

pdfcmon.dll

File Version 0.1.3.0

Product name pdfcmon

Product version 0.1.3.0

Size 93.0KB

Date modified 6/15/2012 6:51am

After reinstalling the behaviour is still the same.

Thanks

 

Hi,

 

thx for the logs and info, we are working on it.

 

regards,

 

Robin

Any progress?

Regards

 

Hi,

 

yes there is a new version 1.4.2, which should fix the problem.

 

regards,

 

Robin

Robin,

It occured to me that we would be using PDFCreator to create files that are printed via LPR/LPD from a Linux System but I was doing my testing between Windows servers.  If you read on you will see that this still has a problem.  I used the windows LPR command lpr -S server1 -P PDFcreator test.txt and the PDF was created correctly.

Will set up the Linux Server on Monday and see what happens.

You will see at the end I have provided the log file from the Command Prompt LPD/LPR

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I uninstalled PDFCreator, restarted the server (Server1), Installed 1.4.2

The Service is setup and runs as a Domain Administrator.  Used the following command to set it up.

sc create pdfcreator start= auto binPath= "C:\\Program Files\\OldResourceKitTools\\srvany.exe" DisplayName= "PDFCreator" obj= COMUTEL\\PDFCreator password= PdF$rE@T0r   <-- Have changed the usercode/password to use the domain admin.

Have the following keys in the registry

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\Print\\Monitors\\pdfcmon]
"PdfCreator"="C:\\\\Program Files (x86)\\\\PDFCreator\\\\PDFCreator.exe"
"Port"="pdfcmon"
"Driver"="pdfcmon.dll"
"Logging"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\services\\pdfcreator\\Parameters]
"Application"="\\"C:\\\\Program Files (x86)\\\\PDFCreator\\\\PDFCreator.exe\\""

Auto-Save set to a local drive Users have Full control. It is shared and the share has Everyone Full Control

On Server1, from an RDP session to the console and logged on as Domain Admin it works as expected

Create a printer on Server2 using LPD/LPR to \\\\server1\\PDFCreator. Using Generic/Text only drivers.

I can see the file arrive in the PDF Print monitor(Server) and get processed

A .pdf file gets created but it is blank.

Pause the Printer PDFCreator on Server1.  Print from Server2. The data is visable in the Windows spool directory.

Pause PDFCreator - PDF Print Monitor and unpause the Windows Printer.

The data is now visable in C:\\Windows\\Temp\\PDFCreator\\Spool

B92350D03A95416A95CC7D1870B93428.ps

B92350D03A95416A95CC7D1870B93428.inf

Unpause PDFCreator - PDF Print Monitor - Blank PDF is created in the correct directory.

Logs - Print from Server1

7/22/2012 3:20:43 PM: Autosavemodus: 1files
7/22/2012 3:20:43 PM: Autosavemodus: Create File 'C:\\allshare\\PDFCreator.pdf'
7/22/2012 3:20:43 PM: Ghostscriptparameter:
-IC:\\Program Files (x86)\\PDFCreator\\GS9.05\\gs9.05\\Lib\\
-q
-dNOPAUSE
-dBATCH
-sFONTPATH=C:\\Windows\\Fonts
-sDEVICE=pdfwrite
-dPDFSETTINGS=/default
-dCompatibilityLevel=1.4
-r600x600
-dProcessColorModel=/DeviceCMYK
-dAutoRotatePages=/PageByPage
-dCompressPages=true
-dEmbedAllFonts=true
-dSubsetFonts=true
-dMaxSubsetPct=100
-dConvertCMYKImagesToRGB=false
-sOutputFile=C:\\allshare\\PDFCreator.pdf
-dEncodeColorImages=true
-dAutoFilterColorImages=true
-dEncodeGrayImages=true
-dAutoFilterGrayImages=true
-dEncodeMonoImages=true
-dMonoImageFilter=/CCITTFaxEncode
-dDownsampleMonoImages=false
-dPreserveOverprintSettings=true
-dUCRandBGInfo=/Preserve
-dUseFlateCompression=true
-dParseDSCCommentsForDocInfo=true
-dParseDSCComments=true
-dOPM=0
-dOffOptimizations=0
-dLockDistillerParams=false
-dGrayImageDepth=-1
-dASCII85EncodePages=false
-dDefaultRenderingIntent=/Default
-dTransferFunctionInfo=/Preserve
-dPreserveHalftoneInfo=false
-dDetectBlends=true
-f
7/22/2012 3:20:43 PM: Time for converting [PDF without encryption]: 00:00:00:208
7/22/2012 3:20:43 PM: Autosavemodus: Create File 'C:\\allshare\\PDFCreator.pdf' success

_pdfcreatorLog.txt

[22.06.2012 15:20:43]-------------------- = --------------------
[22.06.2012 15:20:43]Modul-PdfStartDocPort=Start
[22.06.2012 15:20:43]PrinterName=PDFCreator
[22.06.2012 15:20:43]JobId=18
[22.06.2012 15:20:43]ComputerName=\\\\ARMSTRONG
[22.06.2012 15:20:43]UserName=administrator
[22.06.2012 15:20:43]SessionId=2
[22.06.2012 15:20:43]WinStation=RDP-Tcp#0
[22.06.2012 15:20:43]PDFServer=TRUE
[22.06.2012 15:20:43]TmpPath=C:\\Windows\\TEMP\\PdfCreator\\Spool
[22.06.2012 15:20:43]PostscriptFile=C:\\Windows\\TEMP\\PdfCreator\\Spool\\C0AC220C7D5E4A67A522A7F8075A1A8B.ps
[22.06.2012 15:20:43]DocName=test.txt - Notepad
[22.06.2012 15:20:43]OpenPrinter=True
[22.06.2012 15:20:43]Modul-PdfStartDocPort=End
[22.06.2012 15:20:43]CreateFile: CloseHandle(hFile)=successful
 

Logs - Print from Server2

7/22/2012 3:23:26 PM: Autosavemodus: 1files
7/22/2012 3:23:26 PM: Autosavemodus: Create File 'C:\\allshare\\PDFCreator.pdf'
7/22/2012 3:23:26 PM: Ghostscriptparameter:
-IC:\\Program Files (x86)\\PDFCreator\\GS9.05\\gs9.05\\Lib\\
-q
-dNOPAUSE
-dBATCH
-sFONTPATH=C:\\Windows\\Fonts
-sDEVICE=pdfwrite
-dPDFSETTINGS=/default
-dCompatibilityLevel=1.4
-r600x600
-dProcessColorModel=/DeviceCMYK
-dAutoRotatePages=/PageByPage
-dCompressPages=true
-dEmbedAllFonts=true
-dSubsetFonts=true
-dMaxSubsetPct=100
-dConvertCMYKImagesToRGB=false
-sOutputFile=C:\\allshare\\PDFCreator.pdf
-dEncodeColorImages=true
-dAutoFilterColorImages=true
-dEncodeGrayImages=true
-dAutoFilterGrayImages=true
-dEncodeMonoImages=true
-dMonoImageFilter=/CCITTFaxEncode
-dDownsampleMonoImages=false
-dPreserveOverprintSettings=true
-dUCRandBGInfo=/Preserve
-dUseFlateCompression=true
-dParseDSCCommentsForDocInfo=true
-dParseDSCComments=true
-dOPM=0
-dOffOptimizations=0
-dLockDistillerParams=false
-dGrayImageDepth=-1
-dASCII85EncodePages=false
-dDefaultRenderingIntent=/Default
-dTransferFunctionInfo=/Preserve
-dPreserveHalftoneInfo=false
-dDetectBlends=true
-f
C:\\Windows\\TEMP\\PdfCreator\\Spool\\0A420ADF504842B9A3334CF6F09865CE.ps
C:\\Windows\\TEMP\\PDFCreator\\Spool\\0A420ADF504842B9A3334CF6F09865CE.mtd
7/22/2012 3:23:26 PM: Error: Error: /undefined in Untitled; Operand stack:; ; Execution stack:;    %interp_exit   .runexec2   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   2   %stopped_push   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   false   1   %stopped_push   1926   1   3   %oparray_pop   1925   1   3   %oparray_pop   1909   1   3   %oparray_pop   1803   1   3   %oparray_pop   --nostringval--   %errorexec_pop   .runexec2   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   2   %stopped_push   --nostringval--; Dictionary stack:;    --dict:1207/1684(ro)(G)--   --dict:0/20(G)--   --dict:77/200(L)--; Current allocation mode is local; Current file position is 54; GPL Ghostscript 9.05: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1;
7/22/2012 3:23:26 PM: Time for converting [PDF without encryption]: 00:00:00:114
7/22/2012 3:23:26 PM: Autosavemodus: Create File 'C:\\allshare\\PDFCreator.pdf' success

_PdfcreatorLog.txt

[22.06.2012 15:23:25]-------------------- = --------------------
[22.06.2012 15:23:25]Modul-PdfStartDocPort=Start
[22.06.2012 15:23:25]PrinterName=PDFCreator
[22.06.2012 15:23:25]JobId=20
[22.06.2012 15:23:25]ComputerName=\\\\ARMSTRONG
[22.06.2012 15:23:25]UserName=administrator (192.168.16.2)
[22.06.2012 15:23:25]SessionId=0
[22.06.2012 15:23:25]WinStation=RDP-Tcp#0
[22.06.2012 15:23:25]PDFServer=TRUE
[22.06.2012 15:23:25]TmpPath=C:\\Windows\\TEMP\\PdfCreator\\Spool
[22.06.2012 15:23:25]PostscriptFile=C:\\Windows\\TEMP\\PdfCreator\\Spool\\0A420ADF504842B9A3334CF6F09865CE.ps
[22.06.2012 15:23:25]DocName=Untitled - Notepad
[22.06.2012 15:23:25]OpenPrinter=True
[22.06.2012 15:23:25]Modul-PdfStartDocPort=End
[22.06.2012 15:23:25]CreateFile: CloseHandle(hFile)=successful
 

 

Logfile from Command Prompt LPR/LPD

7/22/2012 3:50:32 PM: Autosavemodus: 1files
7/22/2012 3:50:33 PM: Autosavemodus: Create File 'C:\\allshare\\PDFCreator.pdf'
7/22/2012 3:50:33 PM: Ghostscriptparameter:
-IC:\\Program Files (x86)\\PDFCreator\\GS9.05\\gs9.05\\Lib\\
-q
-dNOPAUSE
-dBATCH
-sFONTPATH=C:\\Windows\\Fonts
-sDEVICE=pdfwrite
-dPDFSETTINGS=/default
-dCompatibilityLevel=1.4
-r600x600
-dProcessColorModel=/DeviceCMYK
-dAutoRotatePages=/PageByPage
-dCompressPages=true
-dEmbedAllFonts=true
-dSubsetFonts=true
-dMaxSubsetPct=100
-dConvertCMYKImagesToRGB=false
-sOutputFile=C:\\allshare\\PDFCreator.pdf
-dEncodeColorImages=true
-dAutoFilterColorImages=true
-dEncodeGrayImages=true
-dAutoFilterGrayImages=true
-dEncodeMonoImages=true
-dMonoImageFilter=/CCITTFaxEncode
-dDownsampleMonoImages=false
-dPreserveOverprintSettings=true
-dUCRandBGInfo=/Preserve
-dUseFlateCompression=true
-dParseDSCCommentsForDocInfo=true
-dParseDSCComments=true
-dOPM=0
-dOffOptimizations=0
-dLockDistillerParams=false
-dGrayImageDepth=-1
-dASCII85EncodePages=false
-dDefaultRenderingIntent=/Default
-dTransferFunctionInfo=/Preserve
-dPreserveHalftoneInfo=false
-dDetectBlends=true
-f
C:\\Windows\\TEMP\\PdfCreator\\Spool\\EEB09137F7224C9F824E005184563057.ps
C:\\Windows\\TEMP\\PDFCreator\\Spool\\EEB09137F7224C9F824E005184563057.mtd
7/22/2012 3:50:33 PM: Time for converting [PDF without encryption]: 00:00:00:136
7/22/2012 3:50:33 PM: Autosavemodus: Create File 'C:\\allshare\\PDFCreator.pdf' success

_PdfcreatorLog.txt

[22.06.2012 15:50:32]-------------------- = --------------------
[22.06.2012 15:50:32]Modul-PdfStartDocPort=Start
[22.06.2012 15:50:32]PrinterName=PDFCreator
[22.06.2012 15:50:32]JobId=12
[22.06.2012 15:50:32]ComputerName=\\\\ARMSTRONG
[22.06.2012 15:50:32]UserName=KenS (192.168.40.169)
[22.06.2012 15:50:32]SessionId=0
[22.06.2012 15:50:32]WinStation=
[22.06.2012 15:50:32]PDFServer=TRUE
[22.06.2012 15:50:32]TmpPath=C:\\Windows\\TEMP\\PdfCreator\\Spool
[22.06.2012 15:50:32]PostscriptFile=C:\\Windows\\TEMP\\PdfCreator\\Spool\\EEB09137F7224C9F824E005184563057.ps
[22.06.2012 15:50:32]DocName=test.txt
[22.06.2012 15:50:32]OpenPrinter=True
[22.06.2012 15:50:32]Modul-PdfStartDocPort=End
[22.06.2012 15:50:32]CreateFile: CloseHandle(hFile)=successful
 

 

 I am in a very similar situation. Using version 1.2.3 the REDMON_USER worked great on a Windows 2008 32-bit Print Server. However now I am trying to install this with the udpate version 1.4.x. The server is a Windows 2008 64-bit (R1). Everything works flawlessly as far as getting it installed and running as a service. There is no issues there. It is when configuring the Auto-Save that it goes bad. I want save to \\\\server\\userdata\\%username%\\pdfprints. This worked in 1.2.3 however in 1.3+ the REDMON tags have been removed. I have tried Author, Username, JobID, and SessionID. Nothing works it always pulls what ever the service is running as. I have tried Local System and it saves to \\\\server\\userdata\\SYSTEM\\PDFPrints. I have tried running the service as a service account with appropriate access and all the jobs go to the service accounts userdata which doesn't exist but gets created because of the permissions. I have see all the print jobs go through and create the files in the \\\\server\\userdata\\\\PDFPrints directory. It doesn't matter if I am logged into the server or not. If I have the PDFCreator Printer Monitor open or not. It doesn't matter if I use , , , etc.. I love this application but these newer versions don't seem to work well with a Domain environment. I can probably configure it to save another way but it is cumbersome at best. Regradless thanks for the AWESOME work guys. Keep it up. (First Time Poster)

 

BG

 Has there been any head way in this issue. I am trying to setup 1.4.3 on a Windows 2008 Server (64-bit). The install has gone well. I have PDFCreatore.exe running as a service with now issues. However when I print no matter if I am running as local system or a service account. I cannot get PDFCreator to save to \\\\server\\userdata\\. I have tried Username, Author, SessionID, etc. none of these work. There is no variable that will put the right username in for the Auto-Save path. It either saves to \\\\server\\userdata\\SYSTEM\\PDFPrints\\ or \\\\server\\userdata\\SERVICEACCOUNT\\PDFPrints. It will not pass the variable through to the Auto-Save path. I have read the documentation. I Understand the settings as I have had servers running since 1.2.3 and are still running. I would like to upgrade them but my tests are not successful.

 

Thanks,

 

BG

Hello,

I have exactely the same problem with 1.5.0

Can you also help me ?

Thanks in advance

Not sure if this is the same problem, but I was trying to print from RedHat Linux to Windows Server setup with PDFCreator. I had the printer in RH setup as Raw and got the blank pages. When I changed the driver to one of the Generic Postscript ones, I didn’t get blank pages anymore. Although files did seem large, and text printed as graphics.

I found pdfcreat.ppd, and that produces similar results to Generic Postscript, although with no/tiny margins. Or should I pick another printer Make like HP etc, which PDFCreator emulates?