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Printer Driver Features

Features supported across all PDKs:

Specific Features of Windows® PostScript PDK:
  • Chapter/insert pages
  • Bitmap compression control
  • Printed back cover
  • Brightness control (also on    PCL®5)
  • User-defined margins for PCL5
  • Contrast control (also on PCL5)
  • Duplex interleaves
  • Encapsulated PostScript® (EPS)    output
  • 8-up
  • DSC output
  • N-up starting in any corner
  • Tagged BCP (TBCP) output
  • N-up layout in rows or columns
  • Disable PostScript pass-through
  • Poster printing
  • Error page printing
  • Manual duplex
  • Halftone screen control
  • Standard paper sizes
  • Mirror printing
  • Non-standard paper sizes
  • Negative printing
  • User-defined paper sizes

  • PCL6 paper size selection by name

    • Specific Features of Windows XPS PDK:
  • N-up (1,2,4,6,8,9,16)
  • Additional N-up (12,25,32)
  • N-up page borders
  • Additional N-up page border    options
  • Watermarks
  • Image watermarks
  • Overlays
  • Mirror printing
  • Driver and device collation
  • Negative printing
  • Scaling ("%" and "to paper size")
  • All Microsoft® PrintTicket features
  • Booklets (English and Japanese)

  • Binding shift

    • MAC OSX Specific Features:
  • Front cover (blank and printed)
  • CUPS-based printing (OS X 10.3    and later)
  • Back cover (blank and printed)
  • 10.3 Panther®, 10.4 Tiger®, 10.5    Leopard®, operating systems
  • Interleaves (blank and printed)
  • Universal binary (single set of    binaries supports all platforms)
  • Full-bleed printing (no margins)
  • Builds with Apple’s Xcode® 2.5    and 3.0 developer software
  • Custom color correction commands
  • 32-bit binaries compatible with 64-   bit platform
  • Print text black
  • GUI architected by Apple
  • 180 degree rotation
  • Standard GUI tabs defined by PPD    file
  • Font substitutions
  • Custom GUI tabs (PDEs) defined    by plug-in bundles
  • PCL6 image compression (JPEG and    Delta row)
  • PDK includes GUI demos
  • Reverse page order

  • Interfaces are exposed by core driver    and OCM

  • OCMs: just re-compile and go!

  • Tools available for ColorSet™ and    Screening Studio™ tools integration

  • Apple’s ColorSync® or Monotype    Imaging’s CMM (via PPD setting)

    • Contact us to evaluate a driver or for more information about how Monotype Imaging’s print drivers can be integrated into your solution.