February 2009
3 posts
Creating a null printer in Windows
I get quite a lot of requests for support on how to set-up Print Distributor to create a null printer that discards any documents. It seems there are applications which produce regular unwanted reports that can’t be turned off.
Actually you don’t need Print Distributor to do this, everything is already available in Windows.
Start by opening the Printers folder and launch the add...
The trouble with C++
I have been using C++ for quite a few years now, both Mail Print and Print Distributor are written in it and I consider myself reasonable competent with it.
However I loathe it deeply. It really is a complete mess, there are so many gotcha’s and even the simplest of tasks can run to dozens of lines of code. Take a look at stackoverflow.com/questions/536148/c-string-parsing-python-style for...
Product Road Maps
Why I don’t publish product road maps
I have rough maps of where my development effort is going to go on both Mail Print and Print Distributor so why don’t I make them public? I certainly get enough requests for new features, many of the requests are followed by demands for when they will be implemented.
The problem is development is pretty unpredictable, especially if you are...