Need Driver for Minolta PageWorks 20 Laser Printer, Mac OS 10.4.11, G5

Question

Does anyone have any idea where I can find a driver for the Minolta PageWorks 20 printer? I can't find it on the Minolta site nor in a Google search. Generically it'll work with a LaserWriter driver, but I am unable to utilize the different configurations available on the printer itself (which tray to print from and so forth). Or if it's not available, does anyone know how I can customize the standard LaserWriter driver to run this specific printer? Many thanks!

Answer 1

Hi,
I'd try a PPD from another QMS printer, like this one...
http://www.qms.com/support/currentprinters/mc2200sup.htm
You can also try hand editing a copy of the Generic one to add/change some features, here's a sample of what the start looks like...
*PPD-Adobe: "4.0"
*FormatVersion: "4.0"
*LanguageEncoding: MacStandard
*LanguageVersion: English
*Manufacturer: "PostScript Printer Manufacturer"
*Product: "(Generic PostScript Printer)"
*PSVersion: "(2000.0) 1"
*ModelName: "Generic PostScript Printer"
*ShortNickName: "Generic PostScript Printer"
*NickName: "Generic PostScript Printer"
*LanguageLevel: "2"
*OpenUI *PageSize: PickOne
*OrderDependency: 30 AnySetup *PageSize
*DefaultPageSize: Letter
*PageSize Letter/US Letter: "level2 {
2 dict dup /PageSize [612 792] put dup /ImagingBBox null put setpagedevice
statusdict /lettertray known {statusdict /lettertray get exec /letterR where {pop letterR} if}{letter} ifelse
} ifelse"
*End
*PageSize Legal/US Legal: "level2 {
2 dict dup /PageSize [612 1008] put dup /ImagingBBox null put setpagedevice
statusdict /legaltray known {statusdict /legaltray get exec}{legal} ifelse
} ifelse"
*End
*PageSize A4: "level2 {
2 dict dup /PageSize [595 842] put dup /ImagingBBox null put setpagedevice
statusdict /a4tray known {statusdict /a4tray get exec}{a4} ifelse
} ifelse"
*End
*PageSize ISOB5: "level2 {
2 dict dup /PageSize [499 708] put dup /ImagingBBox null put setpagedevice
statusdict /b5tray known {statusdict /b5tray get exec}{b5} ifelse
} ifelse"
*End
*PageSize LetterSmall/US Letter Small: "level2 {
2 dict dup /PageSize [612 792] put dup /ImagingBBox [30 31 582 761] put setpagedevice
statusdict begin /lettertray where {pop lettertray} if lettersmall end