do ppd-files degrade? down compatible? up compatible?

[Helge Blischke]

ekkard gerlach wrote:
> 
> Are ppd-files degrading? Perhaps because of other ghoscript versions?
> 
> Are new ppd-file for printer usable for old cups, e.g. for cups 1.1.18
> (suse 8.2)?
> 
> Can I take old ppd-files (e.g. delivered with Suse8.2, cups 1.1.18)  for
> use in Suse 9.2 (cups 1.1.21)?
> 
> tia
> Ekkard

The PPD files are created by the printer vendors for the respective
printers.
They don't change with your OS version.

Helge

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