Bug#329027: The PPD files are fine, the bug is in whatever is processing them
Selon Roger Leigh <rleigh@whinlatter.ukfsn.org>:
> gpe92@free.fr writes:
>
> > Selon Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>:
>
> >> On Sat, 20 May 2006, gpe wrote:
> >> > 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.
> >>
> >> Adobe PPD specification version 4.3, page 102:
> >>
> >> "The bounding box value of *Imageable Area is given as four real
> numbers..."
> >>
> >> Whatever is not processing this right needs to be fixed. I am not sure it
> >> is gutenprint, might be one of the ghostscripts for all I know. Please
> >> reassign/clone the bug as necessary.
> >>
> >> And whatever is not processing this right, it is going to break in at
> least
> >> 608 PPDs shipped by Debian (and I don't even have all PPD files installed,
> >> just all the hpijs ones plus all the postscript printer ones from
> >> linuxprinting.org). So it better get fixed ASAP.
>
> > I've made a test with (*ImageableArea A4/A4: "9 36 586 833") instead
> > of (*ImageableArea A4/A4: "9.72 36 585.28 833") and now the preview
> > in gutenprint is good but the impression is bad, there is a shift to
> > the bottom.
>
> Just to clarify, by "preview in gutenprint", you are referring to the
> GIMP Print plugin?
Yes I refer to the Gimp Print Plugin. Is another method to use gutenprint?
>
> If so, please could you try 5.0.0-rc3 (gimp-print
> 4.3.99+cvs20060521-1), which was uploaded to unstable yesterday?
>
Ok I will test it as soon as possible (tonight probably).
gpe
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