In addition to supporting a wide variety of PostScript printers, the Microsoft Windows PostScript printer driver can also support any new PostScript printers for which the user installs an external printer definition.
For the user to be able to do this, the printer manufacturer must supply a Windows Printer Description (WPD) file that contains information about the new printer. Printer manufacturers create the WPD files by compiling Adobe-standard PostScript Printer Description (PPD) files with the MKPRN utility. This chap-ter describes how font manufacturers can build the WPD files and distribution disks that will enable users to add a printer to the Microsoft Windows PostScript printer driver.