PDFCreator 1.7.3: Add printers via command line

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Is it possible to add more PDFCreator printers via command line?

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We found out that if you use the printerhelper.exe from version 1.9.4 it works for version 1.7.3, too!
–> printerhelper.exe /AddPrinter

But as for now we do not know if there’s a native 1.7.3 method to do this.

Another workaround to this is to make a registry export of the 1st PDFCreator printer, rename it, pump it back into the registry and restart the spooler service:

  • Export HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Printers\PDFCreator
  • Search and replace “PDFCreator” with "NewPrinterName"
  • Import the reg file back
  • net stop spooler
  • net start spooler

Any actions regarding profile assignment to this newly created printer has to be done via registry:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PDFCreator\Printers]
“NewPrinterName”=“AssignedProfile”