HP LaserJet software components and utilities for Mac

The printing-system software for Mac is composed of an HP-created postscript (PS) printer definition file (PPD) and a Printer Dialog Extension (PDE) file that work together with the Mac OS printing system. These files are used by the Mac OS printing system to determine default print driver settings and to allow the user to select between the various print options and settings. An HP-supplied Mac printer configuration utility is provided, which allows the user to access the HP Embedded Web Server

(HP EWS) for additional configuration and product status monitoring. The following are provided on the printing-system CD:

●The HP LaserJet Installer for Mac

The following components are installed by the HP LaserJet Installer for Mac:

●PPD

●PDE

●HP USB EWS Gateway

●HP Utility

PPD

A postscript printer description (PPD) file is a text file that contains keywords and other information to specify product features, options, and settings. PPD files are created by printer vendors for a specific postscript printer or printer family. PPD files are created by printer vendors to describe the set of printer features available for their postscript printers. On the Mac, PPD files provide all the information necessary to describe a postscript printer’s features, including options and default settings. They also contain the postscript code used to invoke those features.

PDE

A Print Dialog extension file can specify one or more PDEs to load in the Print dialog box to provide HP printer specific features. A printing dialog extension (PDE) is a way to extend the Print dialog box in Mac OS X with custom printer features.

A PPD file and printing dialog extension (PDE) for a printer are bound to a printer queue when the queue is created.

HP USB EWS Gateway

For network-connected printers, the EWS can be accessed directly by typing the network IP address or DNS name of the product into the Web browser. HP USB EWS Gateway software, which is automatically installed, allows a Web browser to access the product’s EWS if the product is connected using a USB cable. Click the Utility button when using a USB connection to access the EWS though the Web browser.

HP Utility for Mac

The HP Utility is a software program that gives you access to the product in Mac OS X.

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