Ctrl-L doesn't become new page in hardcopy

It's been a while since I've tried to convert raw text into PDF for
printing. I like using PDF as an intermediate step because I can make
sure that I start things on a new page properly. Back in the day, a
ctrl-L character caused the printer to start a new page.

These days, I often use Windows [g]vim, which uses the :hardcopy
command to send output to either real printers or PDF-generating
virtual printers. My PDF printer is the free pdf generator "PDF24"
for Windows. The PDFs generated do *not* replace ctrl-L by a new-
page. It just shows up as a square, which represents a nonprinting
character.

Does the PDF printer determine whether ctrl-L becomes a new page, or
does vim?

How else can I get the effect of new page? My [g]vim was compiled
with -postscript instead of +postscript.

Windows version: Windows 7 64-bit

[G]vim version information
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VIM - Vi IMproved 7.3 (2010 Aug 15, compiled Oct 27 2010 17:59:02)
MS-Windows 32-bit GUI version with OLE support
Included patches: 1-46
Compiled by Bram@KIBAALE
Big version with GUI. Features included (+) or not (-):
+arabic +autocmd +balloon_eval +browse ++builtin_terms +byte_offset
+cindent +clientserver +clipboard +cmdline_compl +cmdline_hist
+cmdline_info +comments +conceal +cryptv
+cscope +cursorbind +cursorshape +dialog_con_gui +diff +digraphs -dnd -
ebcdic +emacs_tags +eval +ex_extra +extra_search +farsi +file_in_path
+find_in_path +float +folding
-footer +gettext/dyn -hangul_input +iconv/dyn +insert_expand +jumplist
+keymap +langmap +libcall +linebreak +lispindent +listcmds +localmap -
lua +menu +mksession +modify_fname
+mouse +mouseshape +multi_byte_ime/dyn +multi_lang -mzscheme
+netbeans_intg +ole -osfiletype +path_extra +perl/dyn +persistent_undo
-postscript +printer -profile +python/dyn
+python3/dyn +quickfix +reltime +rightleft +ruby/dyn +scrollbind
+signs +smartindent -sniff +startuptime +statusline -sun_workshop
+syntax +tag_binary +tag_old_static
-tag_any_white +tcl/dyn -tgetent -termresponse +textobjects +title
+toolbar +user_commands +vertsplit +virtualedit +visual +visualextra
+viminfo +vreplace +wildignore +wildmenu
+windows +writebackup -xfontset -xim -xterm_save +xpm_w32
system vimrc file: "$VIM\vimrc"
user vimrc file: "$HOME\_vimrc"
2nd user vimrc file: "$VIM\_vimrc"
user exrc file: "$HOME\_exrc"
2nd user exrc file: "$VIM\_exrc"
system gvimrc file: "$VIM\gvimrc"
user gvimrc file: "$HOME\_gvimrc"
2nd user gvimrc file: "$VIM\_gvimrc"
system menu file: "$VIMRUNTIME\menu.vim"
Compilation: cl -c /W3 /nologo -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_PATHDEF -DWIN32 -
DFEAT_CSCOPE -DFEAT_NETBEANS_INTG -DFEAT_XPM_W32 -DWINVER=0x0400 -
D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0400 /Fo.\ObjGOLYHTR/ /Ox /GL -DNDEBUG /Zl /MT -
DFEAT_OLE -DFEAT_MBYTE_IME -DDYNAMIC_IME -DFEAT_GUI_W32 -
DDYNAMIC_ICONV -DDYNAMIC_GETTEXT -DFEAT_TCL -DDYNAMIC_TCL -
DDYNAMIC_TCL_DLL=\"tcl83.dll\" -DDYNAMIC_TCL_VER=\"8.3\" -DFEAT_PYTHON
-DDYNAMIC_PYTHON -DDYNAMIC_PYTHON_DLL=\"python27.dll\" -DFEAT_PYTHON3 -
DDYNAMIC_PYTHON3 -DDYNAMIC_PYTHON3_DLL=\"python31.dll\" -DFEAT_PERL -
DDYNAMIC_PERL -DDYNAMIC_PERL_DLL=\"perl512.dll\" -DFEAT_RUBY -
DDYNAMIC_RUBY -DDYNAMIC_RUBY_VER=191 -DDYNAMIC_RUBY_DLL=\"msvcrt-
ruby191.dll\" -DFEAT_BIG /Fd.\ObjGOLYHTR/ /Zi
Linking: link /RELEASE /nologo /subsystem:windows /LTCG:STATUS
oldnames.lib kernel32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib gdi32.lib
comdlg32.lib ole32.lib uuid.lib /machine:i386 /nodefaultlib gdi32.lib
version.lib winspool.lib comctl32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib /
machine:i386 /nodefaultlib libcmt.lib oleaut32.lib user32.lib /
nodefaultlib:python27.lib /nodefaultlib:python31.lib e:\tcl\lib
\tclstub83.lib WSock32.lib e:\xpm\lib\libXpm.lib /PDB:gvim.pdb -debug

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