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Change printer-driver settings for Mac Change the settings for all print jobs Change the default settings for all until the software program is closed print jobs Change the product configuration settings 1. On the File menu, click Print. 1. On the File menu, click Print. 1. From the Apple menu, click 2. Change the settings that you want 2. Change the settings that you want on the various menus. on the various menus. System Preferences and then Print & Fax. 2. Click Options & Supplies. 3. On the Presets menu, click Save as and type a name for the preset. 3. Click the Driver menu. These settings are saved in the Presets menu. To use the new settings, you must select the saved preset option every time you open a program and print. 4. Select the driver from the list, and configure the installed options. Mac printing-system software The printing-system software for Mac is composed of an HP-created postscript (PS) printer definition file (PPD) and a Printer Dialog Extension (PDE) file that work together with the Mac OS printing system. These files are used by the Mac OS printing system to determine default printer-driver settings and to allow the user to select between the various print options and settings. An HPsupplied Mac printer configuration utility is provided, which allows the user to access the HP Embedded Web Server (HP EWS) for additional configuration and product status monitoring. The following are provided on the printing-system CD: ● The HP LaserJet Installer for Mac The following components are installed by the HP LaserJet Installer for Mac: ● HP LaserJet M1530 PPD ● HP LaserJet M1530 PDE ● HP USB EWS Gateway ● HP Utility HP LaserJet M1530 PPD A postscript printer description (PPD) file is a text file that contains keywords and other information to specify printer features, options, and settings. PPD files are created by printer vendors for a specific postscript printer or printer family. PPD files are created by printer vendors to describe the set of printer features available for their postscript printers. On the Mac, PPD files provide all the information necessary to describe a postscript printer's features, including options and default settings. They also contain the postscript code used to invoke those features. ENWW Change printer-driver settings for Mac 81

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Change printer-driver settings for Mac
Change the settings for all print jobs
until the software program is closed
Change the default settings for all
print jobs
Change the product configuration
settings
1.
On the
File
menu, click
Print
.
2.
Change the settings that you want
on the various menus.
1.
On the
File
menu, click
Print
.
2.
Change the settings that you want
on the various menus.
3.
On the
Presets
menu, click
Save
as
and type a name for the preset.
These settings are saved in the
Presets
menu. To use the new
settings, you must select the saved
preset option every time you open a
program and print.
1.
From the Apple menu, click
System Preferences
and then
Print & Fax
.
2.
Click
Options & Supplies
.
3.
Click the
Driver
menu.
4.
Select the driver from the list, and
configure the installed options.
Mac printing-system software
The printing-system software for Mac is composed of an HP-created postscript (PS) printer definition
file (PPD) and a Printer Dialog Extension (PDE) file that work together with the Mac OS printing
system. These files are used by the Mac OS printing system to determine default printer-driver
settings and to allow the user to select between the various print options and settings. An HP-
supplied Mac printer configuration utility is provided, which allows the user to access the
HP Embedded Web Server (HP EWS) for additional configuration and product status monitoring. The
following are provided on the printing-system CD:
●
The HP LaserJet Installer for Mac
The following components are installed by the HP LaserJet Installer for Mac:
●
HP LaserJet M1530 PPD
●
HP LaserJet M1530 PDE
●
HP USB EWS Gateway
●
HP Utility
HP LaserJet M1530 PPD
A postscript printer description (PPD) file is a text file that contains keywords and other information to
specify printer features, options, and settings. PPD files are created by printer vendors for a specific
postscript printer or printer family. PPD files are created by printer vendors to describe the set of
printer features available for their postscript printers. On the Mac, PPD files provide all the information
necessary to describe a postscript printer’s features, including options and default settings. They also
contain the postscript code used to invoke those features.
ENWW
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