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   Peter Brown to All   
   Re: Importing a PPD printer driver fails   
   19 Nov 10 12:23:19   
   
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   From: Peter Brown    
      
   Hi   
      
   Alex Taylor wrote:   
   > On Fri, 19 Nov 2010 10:45:13 UTC, piesse  wrote:   
   >   
   >> I am still struggling to install my HP2055ND under CUPS   
   >> I upgraded to eCS 2   
   >> Installation of the printer in the CUPS web inteface went well   
   >>   
   >> However, I am unable to create a WPS object for it.   
   >> The printer is not listed in the driver list, so I try to import the PPD   
   >> driver.   
   >>   
   >> However, the importing program fails with:   
   >>     converting LaserJet2055.ppd : ..Exception = c0000005 occurred at EIP   
   >> = 11165.   
   >   
   > I took a look at it.  The PPD file uses some kind of clever multilingual   
   > support that PIN has no idea how to handle.  Basically, any line that   
   > starts with one of the following:   
   >    *da.   
   >    *de.   
   >    *es.   
   >    *fi.   
   >    *fr.   
   >    *it.   
   >    *ja.   
   >    *ko.   
   >    *nl.   
   >    *nb.   
   >    *pt.   
   >    *ru.   
   >    *sv.   
   >    *zh_CN.   
   >    *zh_TW.   
   > has to go.   
   >   
   > Deleting the offending lines allows PIN to import the file successfully   
   > (and incidentally reduces the PPD's file size by about 2/3).   
   >   
   > I can send you the fixed PPD file, but you don't provide any indication   
   > about how to contact you.   
   >   
      
      
      
   You may also need to remove any lines starting with *StpStp from the ppd    
   file.   
      
   Regards   
      
   Pete   
      
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