ColorSpan Legacy Printing Tools - User Guide for Macintosh OS

B-4 PostScript Printer Description Files
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.
Revision 3 PPDs 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
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.