defective PPD for HP LaserJet 4100n ?

[Michael Sweet]

rlharris at hal-pc.org wrote:
> The CD furnished by HP with my LaserJet 4100n contained the NT4 PPD
> file  "hp4100_6.pp_".  Using the program Winzip running under Windows
> 2000, I expanded the file, then I checked the file with the "Test a
> PPD File" utility on the CUPS Support page.  I received the error
> message:
> 
> HP4100_6.PPd: FAIL **FAIL**  Unable to open PPD file - Missing
> asterisk in column 1 on line 1162. REF: Page 15, section 3.2.
> 
> I opened the file with Xemacs and jumped to line 1162, but saw
> nothing out of the ordinary.

It is probably leftover whitespace on that line which is causing
the error.

> Questions:  Is this HP-supplied PPD file usable with CUPS?  Did I err
> in expanding the file with Winzip?

The PPD files are generally usable with CUPS, however you may need
to clean them up a little (as you've seen...)

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