How The Docucolor 4 Lp/Cp Works; About Printer Drivers And Printer Description Files - Xerox DocuColor DocuColor 4 User Manual

How the DocuColor 4 LP/CP Works

The DocuColor 4 LP/CP receives files from computers on the network, processes (RIPs)
those files, and then prints them according to the print options specified by the user. The
DocuColor 4 CP also scans and prints from hard copy originals.
Windows computers can communicate with the DocuColor 4 LP/CP by means of a Printer
Control Language (PCL) printer driver or a PostScript printer/copier driver. Mac OS com-
puters communicate with the DocuColor 4 LP/CP by means of a PostScript printer driver
(PPD). Both PostScript and PCL printer/copier drivers enable you to use all the special
print features of the DocuColor 4 LP/CP from the Print dialog box.

About printer drivers and printer description files

A printer driver manages printing communication between your application and the
printer. It interprets the instructions generated by the application, merges those instruc-
tions with printer-specific options you specify (see below), and translates all that infor-
mation into PCL or PostScript, a language the printer understands. In other words, the
printer driver writes a PCL or PostScript file based on your original file and the options
you set from the Print dialog box.
A printer description file contains information about a particular device's features and
capabilities (for example, what paper sizes and media types are supported). The printer
driver reads the information in the file and presents that information to you in the form of
options you can choose from the Print dialog box.
For details about the print options available for the DocuColor 4 LP/CP, see Appendix A,
"Print Options."
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