Bug#329027: gutenprint: problem with A4 paper size and HP Deskjet 5652 ppd file

[gpe <gpe92@free.fr>]

Le Sat, 24 Sep 2005 17:17:37 +0100
Roger Leigh <rleigh@whinlatter.ukfsn.org> a écrit:

> gpe <gpe92@free.fr> writes:
> 
> > Le Sat, 24 Sep 2005 15:10:08 +0100
> > Roger Leigh <rleigh@whinlatter.ukfsn.org> a écrit:
> >
> >> gpe <gpe92@free.fr> writes:
> >> 
> >> > Le Sat, 24 Sep 2005 13:57:23 +0100
> >> > Roger Leigh <rleigh@whinlatter.ukfsn.org> a écrit:
> >> >
> >> 
> >> >> Please could you try removing the ~/.gimp-2.2/printrc and
> >> >> creating the printer again.  Does it work this time?
> >> >
> >> > No. The problem is always present.
> >> > Very strange! Why only A4 ????
> >> 
> >> Possibly a bug in the PPD file, though the ink type should be
> >> unrelated to the paper size.  Please could you attach a copy of
> >> your PPD file, in case it differs from mine.
> >
> > It's joined.
> 
> Thanks.  It's slightly different from my version (try installing a
> new version of hplip-ppds from unstable), but still works without
> problems.
> 
> >> >> BTW, are you running a mixed testing and unstable system?
> >> >> This might possibly be the cause of some problems.
> >> >
> >> > The base it's a testing but as gimp-print has been removed from
> >> > testing I've have installed gutenprint from unstable. Have you
> >> > another solution?
> >> >
> >> > I used hplip 0.9.4-4 from unstable too. But I have recompiled
> >> > it from source package.
> >> >
> >> > Perhaps can I try to recompile gutenprint in my testing
> >> > environment?
> >> 
> >> It is worth trying.  If this is the case, there may be a missing
> >> dependency, or versioned dependency, or possibly a problem with
> >> your hplip build.
> >> 
> >
> > Ok I have recompiled gutenprint and now it's impossible to install
> > it. But I don't know why. When I select the packages in Synaptic
> > there is no problem but when it starts the installation there is a
> > warning message and the installation abort. The problem is that
> > the warning message is empty...
> 
> Please could you post a transcript in any case, so we can see what
> fails.
> 
> At this point, I still suspect a problem in etch/testing, since it's
> not reproducible with sid/unstable.  If you wait a few days, it
> should migrate to testing, and we can try again.
> 
> 

I've found the bug. It's the ppd file which is bad.
The line 253 of the file /usr/share/ppd/hplip/HP-DeskJet_5652-hpijs.ppd (*ImageableArea A4/A4: "9.72 36 585.28 833") contains values with decimal point.
So this bug can be reassign to hplip-ppds package.

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