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to be saved in a PostScript file. When the Output button is selected, the standard system 
folder/file selection/naming mechanism is displayed. The file will be saved as PostScript 

Level 2 unless the “PostScript 3” box is checked. ARTS PDF Crackerjack creates 
PostScript files containing all of the information for the currently specified pages.  

 

 

When checked, all output from ARTS PDF Crackerjack will contain PostScript 3 specific 
operators. 
 

Note: Using this option with non-PostScript 3 devices may cause errors or no output. 

 

 

•  PPD (PostScript Printer Description) 

 

This scroll list allows for selection of the PostScript printer description file to be 

used when ARTS PDF Crackerjack creates a PostScript file. ARTS PDF Crackerjack 
makes use of some of the information in the PPD file. This includes device 

resolutions, supported media sizes, and screening frequencies and angles for the 
selected device resolution. On the Macintosh, if there is no defaults settings file, 

the initial PPD default is that chosen for the printer in “Chooser”. In OS X the PPD 
list is either the default list from the OS (which cannot be modified) or the list 
from the folder selected in your ARTS PDF Crackerjack preferences. In Windows, 

with no default settings file, the initial default PPD is the first file name in the 
“Printer Descriptions” folder as if sorted alphabetically by file name.  

 

•  Resolution 

 

For devices with multi-resolution capability as specified in the PPD, this scroll list 

allows selection of the device Resolution to be used when printing. The selected 
value is also used to select an optimized screen set (Frequency and Angle) for the 
selected resolution. Resolution is always specified in dots per inch (dpi). The 

default resolution is the resolution defined as “default” in the PPD. 

 

 
This option allows the user to specify the pages to be included in the output. You can 

select either “All” pages or a page “Range”. If there is no defaults settings file, the first 
time ARTS PDF Crackerjack is invoked for a new document the Page range will be set to 

“All”. 
 
Additional options are available in the drop-down list for further specifying which pages 

are to be output. The choices are: All pages in range, Odd pages, or Even pages. Odd 
and Even can be used in combination with “All” to output all odd pages or all even 

pages. 
 

When “Range” is selected you may enter specific page numbers or page ranges.  A page 
range must have a hyphen between the beginning and ending page numbers (i.e. 3-7 to 

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