Specifications

Macintosh Printing
Software
QMS 4525 Print System Administrator's Guide11-10
QuarkXPress application. Check your QuarkXPress documentation
for details.
Aldus PageMaker 4.2 and higher use PPD and PDX files. The PDX
works in conjunction with the standard PPD to expand printer capabil-
ities. The PPD and PDX must be placed in the PPDs folder within the
Aldus folder inside your System Folder.
Aldus PageMaker 4.01 and earlier use the APD file. The APD gives
PageMaker information specific to your printer type. Different versions
of PageMaker require the APD to be installed in different ways. Check
your PageMaker documentation for details.
Aldus FreeHand 3.0 and higher use PPD and PDX files. The PDX
works in conjunction with the standard PPD to expand printer capabil-
ities. The PDX and PPD must be placed in the PPDs folder inside the
Aldus folder inside your System Folder.
Aldus PrePrint uses PPD and PDX files. The PDX works in conjunc-
tion with the standard PPD to expand printer capabilities. The PDX
and PPD must be placed in the PPDs folder inside the Aldus folder
inside your System Folder.
If you do not install these files for your printer, you can still print from
the applications using other printer options. However, you may get
some error messages informing you that you may need to change the
printer type, and you may not have all your printer capabilities avail-
able to you.
Testing Macintosh Communication
You can check that the printer selected in the Chooser and the Macin-
tosh are communicating by printing a directory:
1 Display a disk or folder window.
2 Choose Page Setup from the File menu. Select paper size,
printing orientation, and any other necessary options. Then
select OK.
3 Choose Print Directory or Print Window from the File menu.
A dialog box appears.