


This will enable you install the printer via either the command line or the Add/Remote Printer Wizard. Using notepad create a file called cutepdf.inf and add the following entries. Copy cpwmon2k.dll and cpwsave.exe to %systemroot%\system32.ĥ. Copy the source files from your temp folder, before the installation.Ĥ. Start the installation to unpack the zipped files.ģ. There are a number of issues with using a repackager to install a print queue, so here was the solution that I have implemented, which you can either integrate into a RIS install or develop an msi to install.ġ. You will need to replace any machine name you see with the MSI property in the "DsSpooler" subkeys.Īlso, you will want to add "Spooler" to the ServiceControl table so that the Spooler service is stopped prior to install and restarted after the install.Ī good explanation of the pitfalls of using WinInstall LE to create the package is written up in the forum by member, goodsnapper, on April 12, 2005. "HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Printers\CutePDF Writer" "HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Monitors\CutePDF Writer Monitor" "HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Environments\Windows NT x86\Drivers\Version-3\CutePDF Writer" "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Print\Printers\CutePDF Writer" You will need the following files and registry keys/subkeys from a reference machine:Ĭ:\Program Files\Acro Software\PDFWrite.rspĬ:\Program Files\Acro Software\README.htmĬ:\Windows\System32\spool\drivers\w32x86\cutepdfw.ppdĬ:\Windows\System32\spool\drivers\w32x86\ps5ui.dllĬ:\Windows\System32\spool\drivers\w32x86\pscript.hlpĬ:\Windows\System32\spool\drivers\w32x86\pscript.ntfĬ:\Windows\System32\spool\drivers\w32x86\pscript5.dllĬ:\Windows\System32\spool\drivers\w32x86\3\cutepdfw.ppdĬ:\Windows\System32\spool\drivers\w32x86\3\cutepdfw.bpd It's not hard to set up your own MSI package for the Writer portion.


Check the package entry for GhostScript. The second download is GhostScript which is already available as an MSI. The first download is the CuteWriter.exe which sets up a PostScript print queue on the machine. CutePDF Writer 2.3 is a freely available PDF creation utility.
