PPD meaning in Computing ?

Answer: What is PostScript Printer Description mean?

PostScript Printer Description (PPD) files are created by vendors to describe the entire set of features and capabilities available for their PostScript printers.

A PPD also contains the PostScript code (commands) used to invoke features for the print job. As such, PPDs function as drivers for all PostScript printers, by providing a unified interface for the printer's capabilities and features. For example, a generic PPD file for all models of HP Color LaserJet contains:

which specifies that the printer understands PostScript Level 2, is a color device, and so forth. The PPD can describe allowable paper sizes, memory configurations, the minimum font set for the printer, and even specify a tree-based user interface for printer-specific configuration.

A PPD is also often called PostScript Page Description instead of Printer Description, this is because PostScript has the concept of Page Devices where the PostScript page description configuration is read from or saved as a PPD file.

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Full Form	Category
Para-Phenylenediamine	Academic & Science
Posts Per Day	Accounts and Finance
Permanent Psychological Damage	Accounts and Finance
Humacao	Airport Code
Predetermined Payment & Deposit	Banking
Production Planning Department	Business
Predicted Percentage of Dissatisfied	Business
Promotional Products Distributor	Business
Producer Price Differential	Business
Professional Products Division	Business
Predetermined Payment & Deposit	Business
Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc.	Business
Public Policy and Development	Community
Personal Professional Development	Community
Practitioner Professional Development	Community
Partners in Population and Development	Community
Personal And Professional Development	Community
Policy And Practice Development	Community
Proposal Package Description	Computer and Networking
Plasma Proteome Database	Computing
Public Protection Database	Computing
Political Prisoner Database	Computing
Peterpandam	Computing
Project Proposal Document	Computing
Protection of Personal Data	Computing
Pseudo Processor Device	Computing
Plasma Panel Display	Computing
Print Preview Dialog	Computing
Perl Package Distribution	Computing
Peripheral Pulse Distributor	Computing
Periodic Points Dense	Computing
PostScript Printer Description	Computing
Pathetic Patient Disease	Disease
Pagemaker Postscript Printer Description File	File Type
p-Phenylenediamine	General
Partners Phone Directory	General
Pejabat Pelajaran Daerah	General
Points Per Dollar	General
Process and Product Design	General
Personal Protection Drone	General
Partners Paging Directory	General
Polymer Particle Dispersion	General
Pay Past Due	General
Photo Paper Direct	General
Presidential Policy Directive	General
Personal Protective Division	General
Presidential Policy Directives	General
Precision Pulmonary Diagnostics	General
Physical Plant Division	General
Physical Plant Department	General
Printer Pro Desktop	General
Preferred Place of Death	General
Prearranged Payment and Deposit	General
Pannon Panzer Division	General
Pocket Probing Depth	General
Per Patient Day	General
Peter Dager	General
Profit per Day	General
Paid Per Download	General
Piezo Pumpe Duse	General
Passenger Presence Detection	General
Porsche Performance Drive	General
Pedestrians Per Day	General
Persons Per Day	General
Preferential Parking District	General
Pour Point Depressant	General
Pedestrian Protection Directive	General
Pay Per Drive	General
Perl Package Description	General
Pokemon Perfect Dark	General
Plasmatic Pulsar Device	General
Postscript Printer Duramecho	General
Postscript Printer Driver	General
Pelliclelised Particle Detection	General
Philadelphia Police Department	Governmental
Phoenix Police Department	Governmental
Project Planning Design	Governmental
Portland Police Department	Governmental
Project Planning Device	Governmental
Point Pleasant Depot	Governmental
Pilot Professional Development	Governmental
Partido Popular Democrático	Governmental
Partido por la Democracia	Governmental
PIPLOD JN	Indian Railway Station
Perusahaan Pengangkutan Djakarta	International
Pay Per Download	Internet
Post-partum Doula	Jobs
Packs Per Day	Measurement Unit
Pregnancy and Postpartum Depression	Medical
Paranoid Personality Disorder	Medical
Post Pardum Depression	Medical
Post Partum Depression	Medical
Pharmaceutical Product Development	Medical
purified protein derivative (TB test)	Medical
Psycho Physical Development	Medical
Peak Particle Diameter	Medical
Periodontal Pocket Depth	Medical
Pigmented Purpuric Dermatosis***	Medical
Post Psychotic Depression	Medical
Prescription Pricing Division	Medical
Primary Progressive Dementia	Medical
Permanenet Partial Disability	Medical
Purified Protein Derivative	Medical
Permanent Partial Disability	Medical
Persistent Post-traumatic Distress	Military and Defence
Program Planning Document	Military and Defence
Postscript Printer Definition	Networking
Partial Packet Discard	Networking
Particle Physics Division	Physics Related
Pre Paid Destinations	Regional
Program Package Document	Softwares
Percentage Points Deducted	Sports
Points Per Day	Sports
Palmas Del Mar Airport	Transport & Travel