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File that describes printer capabilities
PostScript Printer Description (PPD) files are created by vendors to describe the entire set of features and capabilities available for their PostScript printers. Wikipedia →
🧠Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: PostScript Printer DescriptionA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: IBM PC and PS/2 graphics handbookThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: The desktop laser printer and the PostScript page description languageCited 0 times
- Go sideways: Printer driverA closely related topic
- Go sideways: CUPSA closely related topic
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
đź“š Books worth reading
IBM PC and PS/2 graphics handbookEdward R. Teja · 1990
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