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   Paul Ratcliffe to All   
   Re: Importing a PPD printer driver fails   
   19 Nov 10 12:45:05   
   
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   properly   
   From: Paul Ratcliffe    
      
   On 19 Nov 2010 05:37:01 -0600, Alex Taylor  wrote:   
      
   >> 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.   
      
   I know absolutely nothing about PPD files, but any tool that crashes like   
   that when it gets such data is broken and should be fixed.   
   It is symptomatic of poor programming/validation of data.   
   Telling people to edit a file is not really the solution.   
      
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