PostScript Printer Description. A file that contains printer specific information for PostScript printer drivers. Required when installing a PostScript driver, even you do not have a printer
POSTSCRIPT PRINTER DESCRIPTION. A file which describes a particular type of PostScript printer. This file tells an application what kind of printer it is, what its resolution is, whether it can print color, what paper sizes it can handle, and other features of the printer. Whenever you print a file to a PostScript printer, you must select the proper PPD to ensure that the program you are using communicates with the printer correctly.
See POSTSCRIPT PRINTER DESCRIPTION.
Postscript Printer Description. A text file that defines the specific characteristics of a postscript printer. The PPD file contains various printer specific options such as margin sizes, page sizes, or custom printing options that a specific model of printer supports. Each printer manufacturer has a PPD file for their various models of printers which work in conjunction with an Operating Systems printer utlities to communicate and generate accurate printed output.
An acronym for PostScript Printer Description file. Each PostScript printer has an associated PPD file, which contains information used by printer drivers and some applications to control the PostScript creation criteria. Such as the (Acrobat PPD).
PostScript Printer Driver. Used in the Macintosh environment.
Abbreviation for PostScript Printer Description. PPD files are human-readable text files that describe the features of a specific PostScript capable printer. A PPD file describes printer features in such a way that a graphical user interface (GUI) can be built to present the user with a list of printer features to choose from. Impressario includes a PPD based driver. See the PPD(1M) reference page for details.
PostScript Printer Description file. A file that contains information on screen angle, resolution, page size and device-specific information for a file to be printed on a PostScript device.
Acronym for PostScript Printer Description, a file format developed by Adobe Systems, Inc., that contains information enabling software to produce the best results possible for each type of designated printer.
Refers to PostScript Page Description, a small file used to describe a particular printer's characteristics and capabilities to a graphics or word-processing software.