Re: How do I set my printer to accept postscript ?

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From: Dov Isaacs
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 19:55

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With regard to the message from butchsor, your statement the if a "printer supports PS, it must have a PS printer driver bundled" is absolutely incorrect even for printers with Adobe PostScript (as opposed to emulations). Both MacOS and Windows come bundled with PostScript printer drivers that are quite usable with PostScript printers that properly interpret the PostScript language. 

What is necessary to use a PostScript printer is a PPD file specific to the printer. A "PPD file" is a "PostScript Printer Definition" file containing information about the particular printer model, what features and options is may have, and how such options should be presented to the end user and accessed via generation of PostScript in the print job. 

- Dov

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