Windows 10: how to create virtual printer for Print Support app API v4

from this document: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/devapps/msix-manifest-specification-print-support-virtual-printerI find it is not enough to create a virtual printer for Print support app API v4.For example: format of PdcFile Print Device Capabilities xml format, PdrFile Print Device Resources in an xml format. I don't know what the structure of these 2 files will be like to create a virtual printer.Can you provide us with more detailed documentation to create a virtual printer on print support app api v4? Or provide a sample to create a virtual printer o

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Open windows Application with V4 Print Driver

I'm doing V4 Print Driver connectivity with windows application.

So far i have done :

1.Created V4 Print Driver

2.Added in my Printers List

3.Able to see my print driver option when i click on print menu.

4.Created WPF application'

5.able to run the application without any issues.

Now i want to connect V4 Print Driver with Windows app. I have done research on internet and tried suggestions ,nothing worked for me

Requirement : When ever i select my Printer Option in Print Dialogue then my Windows App should open

Please help me to solve this issue

 

Zebra thermal printer KR203 being detected as unspecified device, not as printer.

We have multiple KIOSK systems connected to Zebra KR203 printer. The printer used to work with Windows 10 1909 update but with the security updates (20h2 or 21h1), printer stopped working.

We performed below steps to create a driver which can support Zebra KR203 printer. Please suggest if we are missing something.

• We setup a development machine to work on this issue and installed Visual Studio 2019 and Windows Driver Kit Version 10.0.19041.685.
  
• Uninstalled pre-installed Zebra printer driver.
  
• Created a new project of type “V4 printer driver” on VS2019.
  
• In the Create a V4 Print Driver Wizard, under Choose the driver rendering type:, selected V4 print driver with custom rendering filters (accepts XPS only). Kept other setup settings as default. After project is created, verified the necessary files after the creation of project as suggested by document. Followed the steps from the link: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/print/building-a-basic-v4-printer-driver
  
• Configured the target machine as per “Configure the driver solution for debugging and deployment” steps provided. Result: Complete
  
• We are currently in “Build and deploy the driver” step of the link mentioned above. Result: Builds successfully but driver output states “please select a valid target machine for deployment from the project property page”.
  

NOTE:

One day the printer started giving prints from MS word (windows 10 20H2 version), which was not working earlier. We tried to test the printer on another system following the same steps, but when we again connected the printer back to development machine, it stopped working and now it is not being detected as a printer, rather being detected as an unspecified device. (with or without Zebra’s own drivers)

 

How to create virtual printer

Hi All,

I need a virtual printer that will convert a print stream to a pdf file and save it in local , i dont have any idea about how to create the virtual printer , can you please suggest me some open source
drivers are articles

Requirement

when user give print i need to ask user to login and after user authenticated he need to enter some fields,based on these fields i have to create folder and filename. and save pdf file in that location.

do you have any suggestions to implement the req