[WinMac] Re: PPDs

Alex Dearden(pata[at]tampabay.rr.com)
Mon, 5 Oct 1998 08:01:12 -0400

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>One caveat: if you want to use a PPD-based printer driver such as Adobe's
>(or I believe that in Win98/NT5), lpr printing doesn't provide a
>communication channel back from the printer. That means the driver can't
>query the printer about how much RAM it has, what fonts, or importantly
>what optional paper trays it has installed. You can either manually
>configure these for the printer, or edit the PPD file to change the
>defaults to match your printer.

If you use the correct PPD for that particular printer you shouldn't have
to edit it, all those choices should be there.

Alex Dearden
pata@doglover.com

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