I have installed PDFCreator 3.5.1 on Window 2016, replacing a Windows 2008 server with PDFCreator 1.7 installed. The application which is creating PDF's is hosted on IIS serving a Windows Communication Fondation (.svc). That part I do not know anything about, but I do not need to since it apparantly is able to print to the PDFCreator printer
What is happening is that when the application is creating the ps and inf-file it is dumped to the folder
C:\Users\myuser\AppData\Local\Temp\PDFCreator\Spool
The .ps and .inf file created in that folder is stuck there, nothing happens.
But if I from PDFCreator chooses "Print PDFCreator Test Page" I see that it creates a file in the spool folder on the following folder
C:\Users\myuser\AppData\Local\Temp\2\PDFCreator\Spool
Note the '2'-folder after 'temp'. Earlier today it was '3'. So that is working just fine - but why is my IIS-service using the wrong folder path to the spool folder?
Update
Did hope I did figure out how to override it using the setting
[HKEY_USERS.DEFAULT\Software\PDFCreator\Program]
"PrinterTemppath"="d:\nrsjobb\temp\PDFCreator\"
but no, that did not do the trick either
Have also tried to import the following registry settings, this was apparantly what was needed on Win 2008, but still not have done the trick on Win 2016 with the newer version
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_USERS.DEFAULT\Software\PDFCreator]
[HKEY_USERS.DEFAULT\Software\PDFCreator\Ghostscript]
"DirectoryGhostscriptBinaries"="d:\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\Bin\"
"DirectoryGhostscriptFonts"=""
"DirectoryGhostscriptLibraries"="d:\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\Lib\"
"DirectoryGhostscriptResource"=""
[HKEY_USERS.DEFAULT\Software\PDFCreator\Printers]
[HKEY_USERS.DEFAULT\Software\PDFCreator\Printing]
"Counter"="30"
"DeviceHeightPoints"="842"
"DeviceWidthPoints"="595"
"OneFilePerPage"="0"
"OneFilePerPageLeadingChar"="0"
"OneFilePerPageMaxCountOfLeadingChars"="2"
"Papersize"="a4"
"StampFontColor"="#FF0000"
"StampFontname"="Arial"
"StampFontsize"="48"
"StampOutlineFontthickness"="0"
"StampString"=""
"StampUseOutlineFont"="1"
"StandardAuthor"=""
"StandardCreationdate"=""
"StandardDateformat"="YYYYMMDDHHNNSS"
"StandardKeywords"=""
"StandardMailDomain"=""
"StandardModifydate"=""
"StandardSaveformat"="0"
"StandardSubject"=""
"StandardTitle"=""
"UseCreationDateNow"="0"
"UseCustomPaperSize"="0"
"UseFixPapersize"="0"
"UseStandardAuthor"="0"
[HKEY_USERS.DEFAULT\Software\PDFCreator\Printing\Formats]
[HKEY_USERS.DEFAULT\Software\PDFCreator\Printing\Formats\Bitmap]
[HKEY_USERS.DEFAULT\Software\PDFCreator\Printing\Formats\Bitmap\Colors]
"BMPColorscount"="1"
"BMPResolution"="150"
"JPEGColorscount"="0"
"JPEGQuality"="75"
"JPEGResolution"="150"
"PCLColorsCount"="0"
"PCLResolution"="150"
"PCXColorscount"="0"
"PCXResolution"="150"
"PNGColorscount"="0"
"PNGResolution"="150"
"PSDColorsCount"="0"
"PSDResolution"="150"
"RAWColorsCount"="0"
"RAWResolution"="150"
"SVGResolution"="72"
"TIFFColorscount"="0"
"TIFFResolution"="150"
[HKEY_USERS.DEFAULT\Software\PDFCreator\Printing\Formats\PDF]
[HKEY_USERS.DEFAULT\Software\PDFCreator\Printing\Formats\PDF\Colors]
"PDFColorsCMYKToRGB"="0"
"PDFColorsColorModel"="1"
"PDFColorsPreserveHalftone"="0"
"PDFColorsPreserveOverprint"="1"
"PDFColorsPreserveTransfer"="1"
[HKEY_USERS.DEFAULT\Software\PDFCreator\Printing\Formats\PDF\Compression]
"PDFCompressionColorCompression"="1"
"PDFCompressionColorCompressionChoice"="0"
"PDFCompressionColorCompressionJPEGHighFactor"="0.9"
"PDFCompressionColorCompressionJPEGLowFactor"="0.25"
"PDFCompressionColorCompressionJPEGManualFactor"="3"
"PDFCompressionColorCompressionJPEGMaximumFactor"="2"
"PDFCompressionColorCompressionJPEGMediumFactor"="0.5"
"PDFCompressionColorCompressionJPEGMinimumFactor"="0.1"
"PDFCompressionColorResample"="0"
"PDFCompressionColorResampleChoice"="0"
"PDFCompressionColorResolution"="300"
"PDFCompressionGreyCompression"="1"
"PDFCompressionGreyCompressionChoice"="0"
"PDFCompressionGreyCompressionJPEGHighFactor"="0.9"
"PDFCompressionGreyCompressionJPEGLowFactor"="0.25"
"PDFCompressionGreyCompressionJPEGManualFactor"="3"
"PDFCompressionGreyCompressionJPEGMaximumFactor"="2"
"PDFCompressionGreyCompressionJPEGMediumFactor"="0.5"
"PDFCompressionGreyCompressionJPEGMinimumFactor"="0.1"
"PDFCompressionGreyResample"="0"
"PDFCompressionGreyResampleChoice"="0"
"PDFCompressionGreyResolution"="300"
"PDFCompressionMonoCompression"="1"
"PDFCompressionMonoCompressionChoice"="0"
"PDFCompressionMonoResample"="0"
"PDFCompressionMonoResampleChoice"="0"
"PDFCompressionMonoResolution"="1200"
"PDFCompressionTextCompression"="1"
[HKEY_USERS.DEFAULT\Software\PDFCreator\Printing\Formats\PDF\Fonts]
"PDFFontsEmbedAll"="1"
"PDFFontsSubSetFonts"="1"
"PDFFontsSubSetFontsPercent"="100"
[HKEY_USERS.DEFAULT\Software\PDFCreator\Printing\Formats\PDF\General]
"PDFGeneralASCII85"="0"
"PDFGeneralAutorotate"="2"
"PDFGeneralCompatibility"="2"
"PDFGeneralDefault"="0"
"PDFGeneralOverprint"="0"
"PDFOptimize"="0"
"PDFPageLayout"="0"
"PDFPageMode"="0"
"PDFStartPage"="1"
"PDFUpdateMetadata"="1"
[HKEY_USERS.DEFAULT\Software\PDFCreator\Printing\Formats\PDF\Security]
"PDFAes128Encryption"="0"
"PDFAllowAssembly"="0"
"PDFAllowDegradedPrinting"="0"
"PDFAllowFillIn"="0"
"PDFAllowScreenReaders"="0"
"PDFDisallowCopy"="1"
"PDFDisallowModifyAnnotations"="0"
"PDFDisallowModifyContents"="0"
"PDFDisallowPrinting"="0"
"PDFEncryptor"="0"
"PDFHighEncryption"="0"
"PDFLowEncryption"="1"
"PDFOwnerPasswordString"=""
"PDFUserPass"="0"
"PDFUserPasswordString"=""
"PDFUseSecurity"="0"
[HKEY_USERS.DEFAULT\Software\PDFCreator\Printing\Formats\PDF\Signing]
"PDFSigningMultiSignature"="0"
"PDFSigningPFXFile"=""
"PDFSigningPFXFilePassword"=""
"PDFSigningSignatureContact"=""
"PDFSigningSignatureLeftX"="100"
"PDFSigningSignatureLeftY"="100"
"PDFSigningSignatureLocation"=""
"PDFSigningSignatureOnPage"="1"
"PDFSigningSignatureReason"=""
"PDFSigningSignatureRightX"="200"
"PDFSigningSignatureRightY"="200"
"PDFSigningSignatureVisible"="0"
"PDFSigningSignPDF"="0"
"PDFSigningTimeServerUrl"="http://timestamp.globalsign.com/scripts/timstamp.dll"
[HKEY_USERS.DEFAULT\Software\PDFCreator\Printing\Formats\PS]
[HKEY_USERS.DEFAULT\Software\PDFCreator\Printing\Formats\PS\LanguageLevel]
"EPSLanguageLevel"="2"
"PSLanguageLevel"="2"
[HKEY_USERS.DEFAULT\Software\PDFCreator\Program]
"AutosaveDirectory"="d:\nrsjobb\"
"LastsaveDirectory"="d:\nrsjobb\"
"Language"="english"
"PrinterTemppath"="d:\nrsjobb\temp\PDFCreator\"
"AdditionalGhostscriptParameters"=""
"AdditionalGhostscriptSearchpath"=""
"AddWindowsFontpath"="1"
"AllowSpecialGSCharsInFilenames"="1"
"AutosaveFilename"=""
"AutosaveFormat"="0"
"AutosaveStartStandardProgram"="0"
"ClientComputerResolveIPAddress"="0"
"DisableEmail"="0"
"DisableUpdateCheck"="0"
"DontUseDocumentSettings"="0"
"EditWithPDFArchitect"="1"
"FilenameSubstitutions"="Microsoft Word - |\.docx|\.doc|\Microsoft Excel - |\.xlsx|\.xls|\Microsoft PowerPoint - |\.pptx|\.ppt|"
"FilenameSubstitutionsOnlyInTitle"="1"
"LastUpdateCheck"="20141014"
"Logging"="0"
"LogLines"="100"
"MaximumCountOfPDFArchitectToolTip"="5"
"NoConfirmMessageSwitchingDefaultprinter"="1"
"NoProcessingAtStartup"="0"
"NoPSCheck"="0"
"OpenOutputFile"="0"
"OptionsDesign"="0"
"OptionsEnabled"="1"
"OptionsVisible"="1"
"PrintAfterSaving"="0"
"PrintAfterSavingBitsPerPixel"="2"
"PrintAfterSavingDuplex"="0"
"PrintAfterSavingMaxResolution"="600"
"PrintAfterSavingMaxResolutionEnabled"="0"
"PrintAfterSavingNoCancel"="0"
"PrintAfterSavingPrinter"=""
"PrintAfterSavingQueryUser"="0"
"PrintAfterSavingTumble"="0"
"PrinterStop"="0"
"ProcessPriority"="3"
"ProgramFont"="MS Sans Serif"
"ProgramFontCharset"="0"
"ProgramFontSize"="8"
"RemoveAllKnownFileExtensions"="1"
"RemoveSpaces"="1"
"RunProgramAfterSaving"="0"
"RunProgramAfterSavingProgramname"=""
"RunProgramAfterSavingProgramParameters"=""""
"RunProgramAfterSavingWaitUntilReady"="1"
"RunProgramAfterSavingWindowstyle"="1"
"RunProgramBeforeSaving"="0"
"RunProgramBeforeSavingProgramname"=""
"RunProgramBeforeSavingProgramParameters"=""""
"RunProgramBeforeSavingWindowstyle"="1"
"SaveFilename"=""
"SendEmailAfterAutoSaving"="0"
"SendMailMethod"="0"
"ShowAnimation"="0"
"Toolbars"="1"
"UpdateInterval"="0"
"UseAutosave"="1"
"UseAutosaveDirectory"="1"