Print Options Overview; About Printer Drivers And Printer Description Files - Xerox 4110 Print Options

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This chapter describes printer drivers and PPD files, Fiery EXP4110 print options, and
locations for setting print options.
About printer drivers and printer description files
The Fiery EXP4110 receives files from computers on the network, processes (RIPs) the files,
and then sends them to the printer. Windows and Mac OS computers communicate with
the Fiery EXP4110 by means of a printer driver and PPD files. Windows computers can also
communicate with the Fiery EXP4110 by means of a Printer Control Language (PCL) printer
driver and PDD files (the PCL equivalent of PPD files). Both drivers enable you to use special
features of the Fiery EXP4110 from the Print dialog box.
A printer driver manages printing communication between your application and the printer.
It interprets the instructions generated by the application, merges those instructions with
printer-specific options you set, and then translates all information into Adobe PostScript or
PCL, a language the printer understands. In other words, the printer driver writes a PostScript
or PCL file based on your original file and the options you set from the Print dialog box.
A printer driver also allows you to select print options for your printer. To do this, the printer
driver must be matched with a PPD/PDD file for your Fiery EXP4110. A PPD/PDD file
contains information about the features and capabilities of a particular device (for example,
what paper sizes and media types are supported). The printer driver reads the information in
this PPD/PDD file and presents that information to you in the form of options you choose
from the Print dialog box. The PPD/PDD file for the Fiery EXP4110 includes information
about the features of both the printer and the Fiery EXP4110. For information about the
specific print options for the Fiery EXP4110, see the table on page 10.