File Type If you open a PPD file in a text processor such as Text Edit, you'll see a combination of native-language information and PostScript code.

If doing this on the Macintosh, just double click on the ppd file. It will automatically open in TextEdit. Do a find for the "DefaultInputslot" entry, delete the two %-sign entries, and save the file.

Finally, you may find PPD files packaged in standard Linux compressed TAR file formats. Like ZIP files, compressed TAR archives contain PPDs along with files and information required for a printer ...