Missing/corrupt PPD files?

[Jason Ahrens]

On April 13, 2004 12:17, Kurt Pfeifle wrote:
> Try to run
>    cupstestppd /path/to/ppd
> or
>    cupstestppd -v /path/to/ppd

Which PPD file? At this point, I'm starting to get more and more confused. I 
found a /etc/cups/Canon-BJC-250.ppd file that Cups seems to have generated 
when I defined the printer. cupstedppd reports that that file passes. Is 
there another PPD file? Should KDE have itos own PPD file?

When I point KDE to this PPD file though, it reports that it's the wrong 
format. I tried this with the foomatic XML file as well but got the same 
error.

> "kaddprinterwizard" is also able to let "foomatic-*ppc" create
> a PPD on the fly from the content of the Foomatic XML files
> (describing printers, drivers and their capabilities). You
> may have Foomatic packages missing if that doesn't work. Or
> an old version of Foomatic may create in-valid PPDs if measured
> with the ruler a newer cupstestppd uses....

I ran this from the command line, and got farther. It seemed to understand the 
whole Canon/BJC 250 thing, and go on to options and test pages, however it 
started prompting me for authorization. Neither my username not root would 
go. It continually asked for authorization information, and I had to cancel 
the installation as no account would work.

This is just getting more and more confusing :P

Jason