Re: [Gimp-print-devel] Mac Big sur

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> On Feb 24, 2021, at 8:50 AM, Robert Krawitz <rl...@al...> wrote:
> 
> On 2/23/21 10:36 PM, Matt Broughton wrote:
>> 
>>> On Feb 23, 2021, at 6:38 PM, Robert Krawitz <rl...@al... <mailto:rl...@al...>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> On 2/23/21 5:06 PM, Matt Broughton wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On Feb 23, 2021, at 9:58 AM, Solomon Peachy <pi...@sh... <mailto:pi...@sh...>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 09:41:51AM -0600, Matt Broughton wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> One thing I've seen before is multiple distinct paper sizes with the 
>>>>> same dimensions run into issues.  But even putting that aside, there seems
>>>>> to be duplicates that differ only in name:
>>>>> 
>>>>>>> *ImageableArea w252h360/3 1/2 x5:"0.000 0.000 252.000 360.000"
>>>>>>> *ImageableArea w252h360J/L:"0.000 0.000 252.000 360.000"
>>>>>>> *ImageableArea w360h504/5x7:"0.000 0.000 360.000 504.000"
>>>>>>> *ImageableArea w360h504J/2L:"0.000 0.000 360.000 504.000"
>>>>>>> *ImageableArea c8x10/8x10:"0.000 0.000 576.000 720.000"
>>>>>>> *ImageableArea c8x10J/Rokukire:"0.000 0.000 576.000 720.000"
>>>>> 
>>>>> And then there are explicit landscape variations of sizes:
>>>>> 
>>>>>>> *ImageableArea C4/C4:"0.000 0.000 649.000 918.000"
>>>>>>> *ImageableArea C4_l/C4 landscape:"0.000 0.000 918.000 649.000"
>>>>>>> *ImageableArea C5/C5:"0.000 0.000 459.000 649.000"
>>>>>>> *ImageableArea C5_l/C5 landscape:"0.000 0.000 649.000 459.000"
>>>>>>> *ImageableArea w354h918/B6-C4:"0.000 0.000 354.000 918.000"
>>>>>>> *ImageableArea w354h918_l/B6-C4 landscape:"0.000 0.000 918.000 354.000"
>>>>> 
>>>>> [and many, many more...]
>>>>> 
>>>>> Also, this is a size only ever used by the Canon dyesub models, and can 
>>>>> be nuked from the global paper list.
>>>>> 
>>>>>>> *ImageableArea w253h337/CP_L:"0.000 0.000 253.000 337.000"
>>>>> 
>>>>> (I'll go ahead and nuke it)
>>>>> 
>>>>> - Solomon
>>>> 
>>>> The Epson XP-15000 follows the same theme.  The Simplified PPD displays properly.  The full PPD
>>>> has 92 more printers than the Simplified PPD.  Some of them have the same ImageableArea and some
>>>> are just the Landscape version of a different paper name.  Sorry for the massive amount of text,
>>>> but I think it is easier than attaching a file.
>>> There are other differences besides the number of media sizes.  Please try the Stylus Photo R1800
>>> vs. the R800 and see which one(s) work.  That's a good test because the printers are identical other
>>> than carriage width.
>>> 
>>> The landscape vs. portrait entries are real, for printers that can accept the paper fed either way.
>>> I don't think we can simply remove them.
>> 
>> Neither the Stylus Photo R1800 nor the R800 show any Printer Features with the standard PPD.  They
>> do print a file which I presume uses the defaults set in the CUP web interface. I would have to
>> check the CUPS error_logs to be certain. Both printers display the Printer Features with the
>> Simplified PPD and produce an output file.  It would appear that CUPS itself does not choke on the
>> full PPDs.  The job would crash if CUPS couldn't deal with the PPD.   It appears that it is Apple's
>> print window that is having a problem.
>> 
>> Am I testing what you wanted tested?
> 
> Yes.  This is suggesting that it's likely the number of options or number of pages of options that's
> the problem.  It could still be paper sizes, since the simplified PPD contain fewer.
> 
> One other thing to try would be the full PPD for a color laser printer.  This contains a lot of
> options, but even the full PPD files support fewer media sizes with laser printers.

The full PPD for the "Generic PCL Color Laser LF Printer" works fine.  All the options are there -- General, Output Control Common, Output Control Extra 1-5.

There are 19 ImageableArea entries.  A check of the ImageableAreas shows no duplicates in size or Landscape of another size.

Matt