Which PPD to use?

[Helge Blischke]

Daniel Stoeck wrote:

> Hi there,
> 
> I use a handwritten backend that writes postscript data to a file. In the
> development phase of the workflow I was using an Apple LaserWriter PPD.
> But I wonder if there is a PPD that fits better into my workflow because I
> am not printing to a usual printer?
> 
> The cups backend writes the postscript file to a folder. This folder is
> being monitored by a Distiller that postprocesses the postscript file to a
> PDF with given joboptions.
> 
> CUPS -> postscript file -> Acrobat Distiller / Joboptions -> PDF
> 
> (I know that I could directly print to PDF, but I am working in a prepress
> environment and I have to control the exact content of the PDF being
> created.)
> 
> Thank you very very much for your help.
> 
> Greetings from Germany,
> Daniel

To prevent accidental settings distiller might complain about, use the 
Acrobat distiller PPD.
I presume your distiller is running on a Windows box (or virtual machine), 
so you may copy the PPD from there. The name should be something like 
ADISTn.PPD (n the Acrobat main version number).

Helge