Add or Remove PPDs

The default PostScript Printer Description (PPD) file PlanetPress Design provides works for the vast majority of printers. It is recommended that you use it when possible. In the event the default PPD and any of the other PPDs provided with PlanetPress Design do not work properly with your printer, you can add PPDs to your PlanetPress Design installation. Note that PlanetPress Design only accepts PPDs for PostScript Level 2 or higher printers.

To add a PPD from PlanetPress Design:

1. Double-click on the Document node to display the Document properties dialog box.

2. In the Document properties dialog box, click Basic attributes, and click the Add PPD button.

3. Use the Select PPD File dialog box to navigate to the PPD file you want to add, and click Open.

   If the file is a valid PPD file for a PostScript Level 2 or higher printer, PlanetPress Design adds it to its PPD folder. If you selected Invalid PPD notification in the User Options dialog box, PlanetPress Design reports any failure to add the PPD. The dialog containing the error message includes a checkbox you can use to suppress the message in future. This checkbox clears the Invalid PPD notification option in the User Options dialog box.

4. Refresh the PPD list that appears in PlanetPress Design.

To add a PPD from outside PlanetPress Design:

1. Drag the PPD you want to add to PlanetPress Design from Windows Explorer or your desktop to either the Document structure or Document page areas.

2. The current document will be configured to use that PPD automatically. If you dragged several PPDs at once you will have to select the appropriate PPD from the list available in PlanetPress Design.

To remove a PPD from PlanetPress Design:

1. Remove the PPD file from the PlanetPress Design PPD subfolder of the Windows Common Files folder.

2. Refresh the PPD list that appears in PlanetPress Design.