| Title: | Digital PostScript printers and their associated software |
| Moderator: | REGENT::LASKO HER |
| Created: | Wed Jan 24 1990 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 7230 |
| Total number of notes: | 31971 |
Hi a customer buyed from DEC a LN17ps to use on VMS 5.5-2 and DCPS 1.3. He would like to print from Interleaf products. When Interleaf prints it creates a file in .PL format and then converts it in a .PS using a PPD file. He has tried to use PPD file present on the distribution floppy for this printer (dcln17_1.ppd), but this doesn't work. There is a specified PPD for VMS/Interleaf? If yes how can I get it? Thanks and best regards Anna Della Pergola
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| 7114.1 | OpenVMS generally doesn't use PPD files | FUNYET::ANDERSON | Where's the nearest White Castle? | Fri Mar 07 1997 09:42 | 7 |
Neither DCPS nor OpenVMS use PPD files. We provide no files for Interleaf on OpenVMS. If Interleaf uses a PPD file to print, is it the same as one for a Macintosh or PC? Paul | |||||
| 7114.2 | REGENT::LASKO | Tim - Printing Systems Business | Fri Mar 07 1997 10:33 | 12 | |
Interleaf is one of the applications that require a version 3
PostScript Printer Description (PPD) file. Nearly every other program
and printer driver (at least at their current shipping versions) in the
industry uses a version 4.2 or later PPD file.
Since the need for this tends to be rare, we haven't generally made
version 3 PPD files available. BUT, it so happens we do have one for
the LN17ps that came as part of the Macintosh driver kit. You can find
it on the PSB internal driver site as a separate file:
http://websrv.mro.dec.com/drivers/ppd/home.htm
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