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   Paul Smedley to All   
   Re: Importing a PPD printer driver fails   
   21 Nov 10 02:33:21   
   
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   From: "Paul Smedley"    
      
   Hi,   
      
   On Fri, 19 Nov 2010 22:53:39 UTC, piesse  wrote:   
      
   > Alex Taylor wrote:   
   > > Deleting the offending lines allows PIN to import the file successfully   
   > > (and incidentally reduces the PPD's file size by about 2/3).   
   >    
   > tried this (actually I remmed the offending lines instead of deleting    
   > them) and the driver imported fine   
   > The WPS object also created fine.   
   > However, any app that I try to print from closes abruptly any time I    
   > select that printer, without leaving a trace in the cups error_log   
   >    
   > Only office51 leaves a trace in popuplog.os2:   
   >    
   > 11-19-2010  23:10:48  SYS3175  PID 0169  TID 0001  Slot 0106   
   > H:\OFFICE51\SOFFICE.EXE   
   > c0000005   
   > 1493735f   
   > P1=00000001  P2=00000007  P3=XXXXXXXX  P4=XXXXXXXX   
   > EAX=00000000  EBX=0007c3b4  ECX=010bd9c8  EDX=00000007   
   > ESI=197fc7e0  EDI=010bd9e3   
   > DS=0053  DSACC=d0f3  DSLIM=5fffffff   
   > ES=0053  ESACC=d0f3  ESLIM=5fffffff   
   > FS=150b  FSACC=00f3  FSLIM=00000030   
   > GS=0000  GSACC=****  GSLIM=********   
   > CS:EIP=005b:1493735f  CSACC=d0df  CSLIM=5fffffff   
   > SS:ESP=0053:0007bfd8  SSACC=d0f3  SSLIM=5fffffff   
   > EBP=0007c248  FLG=00010202   
   >    
   > PSCRIPT.DRV 0001:0001735f   
   A classic sign that pscript.drv is "full" - another buggy IBM driver.    
   Try using http://smedley.info/ecups-driver-20100705.zip   
      
   > Interestingly, I noticed that focuswriter (a QT text editor) actually    
   > uses the cups printer (even without a WPS object), and does not show any    
   > of the regular os/2 printers in the printer list... Is this a feature or    
   > a bug?   
   Feature - Qt only natively supports printing to CUPS printers....   
      
   --    
   Cheers,   
      
   Paul.   
      
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