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Adobe Universal Post Script driver coudn't be downloaded.

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July 26, 2019
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Adobe Universal Post Script driver coudn't be downloaded. In order to be sure I show that link I tried more times:

http://download.adobe.com/pub/adobe/printerdrivers/win/1.x/winstspa.exe

There was written :

Not Found

The requested URL /pub/adobe/printerdrivers/win/1.x/winstspa.exe was not found on this server.

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Correct answer Dov Isaacs

The download in question was for a driver installer for PostScript drivers for Windows'95, Windows'98, Windows NT 4, Windows 2000, and Windows XP (32 bit) systems. For systems other than Windows 2000 and XP, the installer provided a driver known as AdobePS and for Windows 2000 and XP, it used the PSCRIPT5.DLL driver (a joint project of Adobe and Microsoft) that shipped with those versions of Windows. This installer allowed you to create a driver instance for a designated printer port and a user-provided PPD file.

This driver installer does not work with any Windows system later than Windows XP or with any 64-bit version of Windows.

There has been no plan to update that installer (it was actually a 16-bit installer!!) and since it doesn't work with any operating system supported today, it was removed from Adobe's website.

Today, for older PostScript printers, Microsoft provides most PPD files and a method of installing such printer driver instances. Most printer vendors do provide installers that provide the functionality of Adobe's old driver installer, but customized for their printer models.

- Dov

Dov IsaacsCorrect answer

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The download in question was for a driver installer for PostScript drivers for Windows'95, Windows'98, Windows NT 4, Windows 2000, and Windows XP (32 bit) systems. For systems other than Windows 2000 and XP, the installer provided a driver known as AdobePS and for Windows 2000 and XP, it used the PSCRIPT5.DLL driver (a joint project of Adobe and Microsoft) that shipped with those versions of Windows. This installer allowed you to create a driver instance for a designated printer port and a user-provided PPD file.

This driver installer does not work with any Windows system later than Windows XP or with any 64-bit version of Windows.

There has been no plan to update that installer (it was actually a 16-bit installer!!) and since it doesn't work with any operating system supported today, it was removed from Adobe's website.

Today, for older PostScript printers, Microsoft provides most PPD files and a method of installing such printer driver instances. Most printer vendors do provide installers that provide the functionality of Adobe's old driver installer, but customized for their printer models.

- Dov

- Dov Isaacs, former Adobe Principal Scientist (April 30, 1990 - May 30, 2021)

Jeff Arola

Community Expert

From here:

Reference to illegally cached version of Adobe software removed by moderator.

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It was for Windows 98 and older. Is that what you run?

if not, what had led you to try to download this antique?

John T Smith

Community Expert

You may have been caught by Adobe's recent change

Adobe removed old links from public view https://theblog.adobe.com/changes-to-creative-cloud-download-availability

-also read https://prodesigntools.com/adobe-limits-software-downloads.html

IMPORTANT NOTE:

The process below WILL NOT WORK if you have a (CS6 or earlier) serial number for an education or volume version, since the only downloads now available are the retail installers, which DO NOT work with an education or volume serial number

Start by reading reply #10 https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2620448

-Also read https://helpx.adobe.com/in/download-install/kb/downloaded-older-app.html

-And https://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/global/find-downloaded-file-app.html

-OR... Go to https://www.adobe.com/about-adobe/contact.html

-click on the Chat bot on the bottom right hand corner of the first screen

--the chat bot is the circle with a funny looking box with 3 dots inside

-click on Downloading or Installing, then type Agent

Do NOT let the support agent tell you to come to the forums for help... no user in a public forum has access to Adobe's internal links, you MUST obtain the program and update links from Adobe support

AND when you finally do have a download link, be sure to copy every file you download to an external drive (or 2 or 3) so you never have to hunt for download links if they are moved again... also make a text file containing ALL of your serial numbers and copy that file as well

Dov Isaacs

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The OP was absolutely not requesting any Adobe application software, but rather, software for a driver!

- Dov

- Dov Isaacs, former Adobe Principal Scientist (April 30, 1990 - May 30, 2021)

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