<li><a href="#BASICS">Printer Driver Basics</a></li>
<li><a href="#CREATING">Creating New PPD Files</a></li>
<li><a href="#FILTERS">Using Filters</a></li>
<li><a href="#COLOR">Implementing Color Management</a></li>
<li><a href="#MACOSX">Adding Mac OS X Features</a></li>
<li><a href="#DEPLOY">Deploying Your Driver</a></li>
<li><a href="#BASICS">Printer Driver Basics</a></li>
<li><a href="#CREATING">Creating New PPD Files</a></li>
<li><a href="#FILTERS">Using Filters</a></li>
<li><a href="#COLOR">Implementing Color Management</a></li>
<li><a href="#MACOSX">Adding Mac OS X Features</a></li>
<li><a href="#DEPLOY">Deploying Your Driver</a></li>
<h2 class='title'><a name='BASICS'>Printer Driver Basics</a></h2>
<p>A CUPS raster printer driver consists of a PostScript Printer Description (PPD) file that describes the features and capabilities of the device, one or more <em>filter</em> programs that prepare print data for the device, and zero or more support files for color management, online help, and so forth. The PPD file includes references to all of the filters and support files used by the driver.</p>
<h2 class='title'><a name='BASICS'>Printer Driver Basics</a></h2>
<p>A CUPS raster printer driver consists of a PostScript Printer Description (PPD) file that describes the features and capabilities of the device, one or more <em>filter</em> programs that prepare print data for the device, and zero or more support files for color management, online help, and so forth. The PPD file includes references to all of the filters and support files used by the driver.</p>