feat: add mswinpr2 direct print support for Windows#54
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feat: add mswinpr2 direct print support for Windows#54exoego wants to merge 3 commits intotalesluna:masterfrom
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On Windows, the existing Ghostscript converters (ps2write, png16m, etc) convert PDF to an intermediate format (PostScript, PNG, TIFF) and sent it as RAW data via Winspool.
However, non-PostScript printers (like relatively-old home inkjet printers or label printers) can not interpret RAW PostScript/image bytes, so they silently discard the data.
mswinpr2 device can bypass Winspool RAW entirely -- Ghostscript renders through GDI, which goes through the printer driver.
The printer driver converts it into the printer's native format (PCL, ESC/P, or such proprietary raster command), so it basically works with any Windows printer.
I confirmed this worked with my app and printer.