HP Rip Software manual Revision 3 PPDs Application-Specific PPDs

Revision 3 PPDs

Application-Specific PPDs

RIP Version

PPDs for RIPStation users contain a smaller resident font list than for printers connected to a ColorMark Pro print server. These PPDs are identified by “CMRIP” in the position shown.

Metric Code

If the PPD contains metric paper sizes, “Metric” appears in the position shown. If the PPD contains U.S. paper sizes, “US” appears in the position shown.

These PPDs conform to version 3.0 of the Adobe PostScript Printer Description File Format Specification. The Printing Tools CD-ROM includes one set of Rev 3 PPDs to support PageMaker and FreeHand and another “generic” set to support all other applications that use Rev 3 PPDs. The PPDs for PageMaker and FreeHand are identical to the other Rev 3 PPDs except that the parameters in the *ImageableArea and *PaperDimension keywords are swapped for transverse page sizes (except for B5 transverse).

Application-specific PPDs are provided for older versions of applica- tions. Installer copies specific PPD and PDX files into the folder, or to the location required by the application. If required, copy them to the correct locations (according to the application’s user man- ual). The Macintosh Printing Tools includes the following files:

•PPD and PDX files for PageMaker and FreeHand — older versions of PageMaker and FreeHand use PDX (Printer Description Extensions) that contain information required by the applications that was not included in the Rev 3 specifica- tion.

•PosterWorks Settings file

•QuarkXPress PDF files — see below.

B-4 PostScript Printer Description Files