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

[Matt B. <wal...@ma...>]

> On Feb 24, 2021, at 11:30 AM, Robert Krawitz <rl...@al...> wrote:
> 
> On 2/24/21 11:12 AM, Matt Broughton wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>> On Feb 24, 2021, at 8:50 AM, Robert Krawitz <rl...@al...> wrote:
>>> 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.
> 
> OK.  If you're willing to muck with a little bit of code and rebuild, or alternatively edit PPD
> files by hand, there's something else I'd like to try, to reduce the number of page sizes (either
> alternative):
> 
> 1) Reduce the maximum number of paper sizes in genppd.  That will require making a small change to
> it, rebuilding, and regenerating the PPD file(s).  You can try number other than 20 to try to narrow
> down where it happens (which would be useful).  If you still have problems with 20 page sizes, the
> problem lies elsewhere.
> 
> diff --git a/src/cups/genppd.c b/src/cups/genppd.c
> index aa47aad8..f132a0d9 100644
> --- a/src/cups/genppd.c
> +++ b/src/cups/genppd.c
> @@ -467,6 +467,8 @@ print_page_sizes(gpFile fp, stp_vars_t *v, int simplified,
> 
>   stp_describe_parameter(v, "PageSize", &desc);
>   num_opts = stp_string_list_count(desc.bounds.str);
> +  if (num_opts > 20)
> +    num_opts = 20;
>   the_papers = stp_malloc(sizeof(paper_t) * num_opts);
>   for (i = 0; i < num_opts; i++)
>     {
> 
> 2) Manually edit one of the failing PPD files to cut down on the number of page sizes.  There are
> four places you need to edit, and you need to make sure to have the same page sizes at each point:
> 
> *OpenUI *PageSize/Media Size: PickOne
> *OpenUI *PageRegion/Media Size: PickOne
> *DefaultImageableArea: Letter
> *DefaultPaperDimension: Letter

Unfortunately that didn't solve the problem.  Nothing showed for Printer Features trying to print from Preview app.  I also tried BBEdit (a great text editor) and it crashed as soon as I opened the Printer Features menu.  I was able to grab the Console log, the System log, and the crash report from BBEdit later today.

Matt