Printing to bitmap

[CeeBee]

I am in search of a *printer driver* that can output to a BMP or other lossless format.
Needs to work on Win7-64, have a resolution of at least 600dpi and be free.
I am currently using http://code-industry.net/imageprinterpro.php but it's nagging since it's not registered and it may not work past the 30 days... The free version doesn't work on Win7-64 (won't install).
No, printscreen is NOT an option, I need the exact resolution. PDF isn't lossless and produces shades of gray.

[BOB IROC]

Is that a pro version of Win7-64? or Higher? Can you run in it in XP Mode if your hardware supports virtualization?

OK I tried to run the free version on my Win7-64 and it seems to stall on the command that it is adding the printer itself. The imageprinter.inf file is in C:\Program Files (x86)\ImagePrinter and maybe it can be added manually using that inf file? Just do not know what type of port it needs to use.

Just a thought.

[CeeBee]

Tried but didn't work. I assume the driver must be compiled for x64 and it's not..
On a second thought I could try to hack something from the 2 apps... will have to see...

[BOB IROC]

Tried but didn't work. I assume the driver must be compiled for x64 and it's not..
On a second thought I could try to hack something from the 2 apps... will have to see...

So you tried getting the driver manually from the inf file? I didn't think that would work because it is technically a driver and that needs to have 64bit support.

Do you have a computer capable of XP Mode or is your Windows 7 not pro or higher? I have used XP Mode for a couple older apps at work and it works great. I also did it at home for my old visioneer scanner that had no vista or higher drivers. Works seamless like it was actually installed under windows 7.

[CeeBee]

Well the app that will print works in Win7 very well so I have no reason to virtualize it. Don't know if a printer from the virtual xp can be seen from the host - I kinda doubt though. I'll stick to the nagging version for now, if it refuses to work past the trial period I will compile an example that extracts bitmaps from .xps files and use the xps printer from Win7.

[BOB IROC]

You know I am not sure. I haven't had much time to play with XP Mode as much as I like too. It works wonders for my old scanner which is about all I use it for but I do have to launch the VM to scan but the application I use is installed natively on Windows 7 so I would have to say it is somehow communicating between the host OS and the VM. Of course that is using a USB port and the hardware virtualization is taking care of that.