How do I create a printer driver to a web service

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I need to create a printer driver that will allow users (in windows environment) to print pages to a faxing web service - the driver should create a tiff file and upload it by posting it to a URL, along with some data such as a phone number and name.
I am looking for a code sample that does something similar to this.
thanks,
Maya

What I have tried:

I have looked for code samples on the web but only found drivers that do the first part - create a tiff file. I have not found anything that calls a URL.

Posted 25-May-16 0:34am

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Updated 25-May-16 1:56am

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George Jonsson 25-May-16 7:07am

What version of Windows are you using?

Member 1071888 26-May-16 5:28am

I need to install this on windows 7 (32 and 64 bit)

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George Jonsson · Answer 1 · 2016-05-25T01:56:00

Writing your own printer driver is not the most easy task you can take on, but there some alternatives.

You can have a look at this article for how to use Redmon and Ghostscript

PDF Writer[^]

Also check the comments, there are some extra information there.

Redmon lets you redirect the printer output to a virtual port, then you can write your own software and do what you want.
See also RedMon - Redirection Port Monitor[^]

There is something called Printer++. This might be interesting to look into as well.
See Printer++[^]