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

[Steve L. <sle...@ya...>]

I will build them all in the morning.

Steve Letter

> On Feb 25, 2021, at 6:49 PM, Robert Krawitz <rl...@al...> wrote:
> 
> On 2/25/21 2:06 PM, Steve Letter via Gimp-print-devel wrote:
>> Can I assume I revert the previous change?
> 
> Actually no, for now leave that change in, please.  It's possible that there are multiple problems here.
> 
>>>> On Feb 25, 2021, at 1:32 PM, Robert Krawitz <rl...@al...> wrote:
>>> 
>>> On 2/25/21 1:29 PM, Robert Krawitz wrote:
>>>>> On 2/25/21 10:09 AM, Matt Broughton wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> 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.
>>>> 
>>>> So that suggests that the problem isn't with paper sizes (or that there's another problem).  Next
>>>> step is around line 1222 in genppd.c:
>>>> 
>>>> int maximum_level = simplified ?
>>>>   STP_PARAMETER_LEVEL_BASIC : STP_PARAMETER_LEVEL_ADVANCED4;
>>>> 
>>>> Please change STP_PARAMETER_LEVEL_BASIC first to STP_PARAMETER_LEVEL_ADVANCED4 then 3, 2, and 1 to
>>>> see when (and if) things start working again.
>>> 
>>> To clarify: use simplified PPD files with all of those tests.  If STP_PARAMETER_LEVEL_ADVANCED4
>>> works, don't bother with the others -- the problem will lie elsewhere.
>>> 
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