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   Paul Ratcliffe to All   
   Re: Importing a PPD printer driver fails   
   21 Nov 10 00:20:26   
   
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   properly   
   From: Paul Ratcliffe    
      
   On Fri, 19 Nov 2010 15:29:04 +0100, piesse  wrote:   
      
   >> 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.   
   >   
   > the PPD importing program is from IBM and was apparently released in 2001.   
   > I don't know if the source is available, and I don't believe that    
   > anybody at IBM would be willing (or even allowed) to fix it.   
      
   Oh, I thought it was part of Cups or something. In that case, ignore the   
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