Adding another printer

So uhm I’m really not good with printers. A while ago I managed to configure my mini.m to print over the network via PCL. This was the first time everything actually worked and yeah, it’s great. The only problem being that I now don’t dare touch the printer configuration!
Well, now I need to…
I have to turn in a paper as PDF file, which would be no problem: I even bought the PS3 driver and EasiWriter has a “save as PDF” function. There’s PDFPrinter too of course.

So can I add another printer without losing my current printer? Like can I switch between them when neccessary?

thanks!

So can I add another printer without losing my current printer? Like can I switch between them when neccessary?

Yes. My !Printers has three printers: PDF (PS2 to file), SPrinter (sprite to file), and M2022W (LJ6 to RemotePrinterFS). Simply clicking one will highlight it and set it as the current.

See here: http://www.riscos.com/support/users/userguide6/guide/chap14.htm

Note that when it says “PDF”, it means Printer Definition File. Those three letters mean something else these days. ;-)

Note – don’t forget to get !Printers to save its settings (iconbar menu). If you don’t, any printers you add will be forgotten the next time you start it.

Note – don’t forget to get !Printers to save its settings (iconbar menu). If you don’t, any printers you add will be forgotten the next time you start it.

But select the printer that you want to use by default before saving, so that Printers remembers which one you want to use.

PS. I assume that you’re aware of PrintPDF, but if not, it provides a “print to PDF” printer in Printers.

Gosh that’s quite impressive Steve. Presumably it reports itself as a PS printer?

Yes. My !Printers has three printers: PDF (PS2 to file)

Any reason why you don’t use PS3 to file? Works well here via PrintPDF.

Any reason why you don’t use PS3 to file?

Yes – I don’t have the PS3 driver.

Depends what you’re doing graphics-wise with your postscript files, but if quality is important PS3 offers considerable advantages compared to PS2; see:

http://www.mw-software.com/software/ps3/ps3.html

Sorry for the late reply, ROOL keeps locking NetSurf out. Typing on my phone is a bit naff but really wanted to thank you all (and Rick in particular)!