PostScript Printer Description

File Format
Name	PostScript Printer Description
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Page description languages PostScript Printer Description ; ; ;
Extension(s)	.ppd

PostScript Printer Description (PPD) files describe the capabilities of a printer (paper size, etc).

I mean, sure, the Internet Printing Protocol also describes this, but apparently printers need to describe themselves in both formats.

You can find these files bundled with CUPS, and also extract them from your printer.

This file specifies what gets shown on the "page setup" dialog.

PPD files probably begin *PPD-Adobe:.

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