Subject: Re: What is a "Printer description file"?
To: Randy Beaudreault , Marc Coevoet <mcv@wanadoo.be>
From: Henry B. Hotz <hotz@jpl.nasa.gov>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 10/25/2001 12:14:51
At 10:53 AM -0700 10/25/01, Randy Beaudreault wrote:
>>Hi,
>>
>>I have a IIsi running netbsd, serial connected with a PostScript
>>Laserwriter Select 310.  The netbsd box is running appletalk,
>>as well file server as print server.  On the client mac, I can
>>select the printer.  When the printer is selected I see I can
>>modify things by an "Options" button.  The client mac investigates
>>the printer via the network, but doesn't get any info.  The
>>client mac asks for a "printer description file".  What is this?
>>Where can I find such a thing for the Select 310?  I can print
>>without doing these settings, but I suppose things would go better
>>when I have this printer description file
>>
>>
>>Marc
>
>You need a PPD (Postscript Printer Description) file and you choose 
>that from a list on your client Mac in the Chooser under "Options".

You also need the same PPD on the *BSD side in netatalk specified in 
the papd.conf file.
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