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PPD Files Tasks

This chapter describes the most common tasks printer vendors need to do with PPD files:

• “Installing PPD Files.” Make sure your PPD file is installed in the right place; otherwise Mac OS X won’t find it.

• “Creating a Localized PPD File.” Find out what you need to do to the contents of a PPD file to customize it for your worldwide users.

• “Specifying Grouping in the Printer Features Pane.” Control the grouping of nonstandard features in the generic interface Mac OS X creates for your printer’s features.

• “Adding PPD Keywords to a PDE’s Information Property List.” Assure that features you want to appear in your custom printing dialog extension don’t show up in the Printer Features pane.

• “Changing PPD and PDE File Binding.” Find out what to tell your users to do when they want to change the preferred language after PPD and PDE files are bound.

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