[WinMac] Re: PPDs

Alex Dearden(pata[at]tampabay.rr.com)
Sun, 6 Sep 1998 10:21:13 -0400

>Actually there are (or there can be) significant differences between a PPD
>written for Windows vs. Mac. Usually a Mac PPD will work fine in a Windows
>environment but not the other way. Best thing to do is to try it and see.
>You'll know right away because when your in the Chooser and you tell it to
>use a particular PPD with the selected printer it will give you an error
>message if it doesn't like it.

This might be because of the format it's in. When it has happened to me I
just open it in ResEdit and change the creator and type or open it within
SimpleText and resave it and 99% of the time it does the trick.

Alex Dearden
pata@doglover.com

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