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   From: "Paul Smedley"    
      
   Hi Paul,   
      
   On Fri, 19 Nov 2010 12:45:05 UTC, Paul Ratcliffe    
    wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Well blame IBM :) fortunately we have the source, so time permitting    
   I'll look at it.   
      
   Piesse - it would be helpful if you could raise a ticket for this at    
   http://mantis.smedley.info and attach the original PPD.   
      
   --    
   Cheers,   
      
   Paul.   
      
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