CUPS broken

[todd pitts]

>
> On Oct 3, 2006, at 19:20 , todd pitts wrote:
>
> > I try.  I have absolutely no idea why or how to debug it.  Also,
> > lpoptions -l tells me I have no PPD file - but I do.  I put the PPD
> > file in /usr/share/cups/models and specified it with lpadmin -m
> > and watched cups copy it over to /etc/cups/ppd and rename it to
> > MyPrinterName.ppd.
>
> In my experience, this means the ppd file has a syntax error so cupsd
> fails trying to parse it before delivering it to lpoptions.  Try
> cupstestppd on the original ppd.
>
> (I found a number of Windows drivers' PPD files had syntax errors,
> plus one PPD that was just plain too big/complex (for a high-end
> Canon printer/copier), plus one that didn't have a syntax error but
> did have unexpected code in the printer initialization that I had to
> correct before CUPS would print correctly using it.  Quite a few HP
> PPDs are trash, btw; I ended up substituting a generic Apple
> LaserWriter PPD.)
>
> --
> brandon s. allbery    [linux,solaris,freebsd,perl]     allbery at kf8nh.com
> system administrator [openafs,heimdal,too many hats] allbery at ece.cmu.edu
> electrical and computer engineering, carnegie mellon university    KF8NH
>
>
>

Thanks for your suggestion. I tried cupstestppd and it said PASS.  I have tried a couple of PPD's one that said it was for apple, the current one says it is for NT.

-todd