On Dec 5, 2012, at 12:54 PM, Geke <gevangaste...@gmail.com> wrote: > From half-gone memories, I recall: > PPDs are not drivers. They are more like parameter files, informing the > Laserwriter driver and the application what the printer can do and what it > can't: resolution, colours, duplex, etc. As far as I know they have a fixed > syntax, but there are special versions that include extra parameters to serve > the possibilities of a particular program, e.g. PageMaker. Often desktop > publishing programs came with a collection of PPDs. >
PPD's are 'Postscript Printer Description' files. Postscript is the printer driver; the PPD tells the driver what the printer can do. The Desktop Printers introduced in LaserWriter 8 built printer drivers this way; this is also how OS X does it, which is why, sometiomes, you can extract PPD's out of OS X printer drivers and use them in LW8. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
