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Question

Creating a virtual printtofile printer in a wireless network

May 2, 2020 10:38PM PDT

Hello,
I have a wireless Brother printer in a small network (PC, printer, tp-link router+access point). I can print without any problem. But I can't print to file. I have tried all combinations available ports and connections. How can I create a virtual printer capable of printing to file. I am stuck, I will appreciate your replies and inputs very much.

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Needs more detail.
May 2, 2020 11:48PM PDT
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Some details
May 3, 2020 2:34AM PDT

Hello Proffitt, thank you very much for the answer. As you know, computer displays objects by RGB  color profiles. Printers use CMYK color profiles. Eventhough some programs syncronize these two profiles during printing, some color differences may arise too. I want to make sure whether this happens easiliy by printing my images to .jpg files. This is the point  I can't do. I want the virtual printer (same driver with the physical printer of course) to print my images to .jpg files so that I can conduct corrections easily.

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That's a tall order.
May 3, 2020 8:23AM PDT

I have yet to find a FREE JPEG PRINTER DRIVER. So that means that you would research (google) with phrases like JPEG PRINTER DRIVER for the OS you need and make a selection. As this is payware I can't offer much more.

As to RGP, CMYK and such, at the office we use the PDF printer and all seems well. Maybe I'm missing something here.