Re: PPD vs printer driver question

2007-11-11 Thread ttw+bsd
On 10.11-17:01, Predrag Punosevac wrote: [ ... ] > >PPD files are post script description files that act as a drivers for > >post script printers. This seems clear to me. no. they simply describe the functions available on the printer. this allows the interface to display those printer options t

Re: PPD vs printer driver question

2007-11-10 Thread Predrag Punosevac
Predrag Punosevac wrote: For the past couple hours after the Jacob's answer about apsfilter I was reading about Unix printing. I am getting more confused about the real meaning of PPD files and printer drivers. According to this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PostScript_Printer_Description PP

PPD vs printer driver question

2007-11-10 Thread Predrag Punosevac
For the past couple hours after the Jacob's answer about apsfilter I was reading about Unix printing. I am getting more confused about the real meaning of PPD files and printer drivers. According to this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PostScript_Printer_Description PPD files are post script de