Xerox P8EX Spire CXP8000 Color Server - User Guide - Page 53

Setting PPD File Parameters 39 Setting PPD File Parameters You can set job parameters from a client workstation using the Spire CXP8000 color server PPD file or you can define a virtual printer with predefined PPD file settings. To print a file from Windows, you first need to set up a Spire CXP8000 color server network printer with the appropriate PPD file. The PPD file contains all the parameters and paper stock definitions for the printer and enables you to print your file properly. To use the Spire CXP8000 color server PPD file: ¾ In the Print window of your application, select print settings specific to printing to the Spire CXP8000 color server. For more information about print settings, see Printing From Windows on page 64 and Printing from a Macintosh on page 75. To define a virtual printer: ¾ Set job parameters when you create or edit a virtual printer. These settings become the printer's default options. For more information about virtual printers, see Adding a new printer on page 218 and Editing an Existing Printer on page 221. The following table lists the PPD file parameters and the printing options that can be selected from the Print window of an application. Notes: • In the PPD file, the Printer's Default option is selected for all PPD file parameters. The Printer's Default option corresponds to the settings of the currently selected virtual printer. • The parameter settings that were last modified or applied are the settings that are applied to the job. However, the print settings defined in the job file override the settings of the virtual printer. • Grayscale images created in RGB applications (such as PowerPoint) should be specified as monochrome or you should select Gray RGB>Print grays using black toner in the PPD file when you submit the job to the Spire CXP8000 color server. This selection ensures that grayscale images are counted as black and white instead of color in both the Spire CXP8000 color server and in the Xerox DocuColor 8000 Digital Color Press billing meters.