Change settings Document Image Writer

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Is there a way to change the directory, resolution, etc for the
Microsoft Office Document Image Writer print driver via code (ie. VB
application)?

I wrote a VB app that takes a file (html, pdf, txt, etc) and converts
(prints) it to a .tif using another print driver. It converts hundreds
of files each day and puts them in different directories. The current
print driver it uses allows the application I wrote to change location
and resolution. I want to try the MS driver and compare speed,
quality, etc. If I can't change the location and resolution, the
driver won't work though!

Thanks in advance for any help!

-Dave

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Dave,

You may want to post this in the Office Developer's
newsgroup (link below). Basically the MS Office Document Image
Writer is not a standalone printer driver. It requires
MS Office 2003 to be installed. Since it only prints
to file you can select the file name and location of
the output, but I don't recall if that writer
has an object model, although a slightly different
featured version of the writer is installed for
Office 2003 users by MS Office Live Meeting.

While the MS .MDI file format is a TIF derivative
the driver settings for .TIF files are only for
monochrome and the settings are basically 'fax'
settings.

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Is there a way to change the directory, resolution, etc for the
Microsoft Office Document Image Writer print driver via code (ie. VB
application)?

I wrote a VB app that takes a file (html, pdf, txt, etc) and converts
(prints) it to a .tif using another print driver. It converts hundreds
of files each day and puts them in different directories. The current
print driver it uses allows the application I wrote to change location
and resolution. I want to try the MS driver and compare speed,
quality, etc. If I can't change the location and resolution, the
driver won't work though!

Thanks in advance for any help!

-Dave >>
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LLet us know if this has helped you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP
*courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends8

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