Selecting PPD Options (Macintosh OS X). Xanté PlateMaker 6

4. Click the Printing Preferences (or General tab) and then click Advanced

(Windows XP) to access the options. Then, select the desired setting from each option’s drop-down menu.

5. Click OK. Then, when the Print dialog box reappears, click OK or Print, depending on the application, to send the fi le to the platemaker.

Selecting PPD Options (Macintosh OS X)

To confi gure a feature from the Print dialog box

1. Install and confi gure your platemaker; see chapter 3 for details. Then, open a fi le in your application.

2. Select File: Print. The Print dialog box appears.

3. Select Printer Features from the drop-down menu. When the Printer

Features window appears, select the desired settings from the drop-down menus by each option if necessary.

4. Click Print to send the fi le to the platemaker.

5. Multiple presets can be saved under the Presets drop-down menu or from within certain applications, such as Adobe InDesign.

PPD Menus

The features in the following list can be confi gured from the Print dialog box.

Enhanced Rotate 180 Degrees

EP1

340 Option Tray Switch

Enhanced Angles, Lines Per Inch (LPI), Rotate, and Screen Shape features are covered earlier in this chapter.

Some applications require additional confi guration to access certain features.

See your application documentation. Depending on the application, a

Printer’s Default option may be available. When this option is selected, the current setting is used for the job.

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