PPD files

[Paul Yeatman <pyeatman@ucsd.edu>]

Hi,

I'm trying to figure out exactly what the PPD file thing is about.
This is new to me.  I remember way back when, either when
upgrading to Woody or sometime thereafter, some software (my best
guess is the defoma package) got installed that had a debconf
window that explicitely encouraged something about getting the PPD
files for any printers used.  I had no idea what these were at the
time and, as printing seemed to work fine, I left things alone.
Now I'm getting more exposed to printing and PPD files and am
again wondering what all this is about.  If I remember correctly, the
debconf message added that a program/command was to run once the
correct PPD file(s) were acquired.  I tried running 'dpkg-reconfigure
defoma' but apparently there is no debconf interaction with this
package.  Anyone have any idea what I'm talking about?

Paul

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