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In article <1992Dec31.075301.8845@island.COM> hue@coney.island.COM 
(Pond Scum) writes:
>
>... I have run into some weird things in PPD files and was wondering 
>if anyone else had run into similar problems....
>
>3) ...the numbers after *MaxMediaWidth were not inside double quotes.
>5) One of the Varityper PPDs has the wrong invocations to set the
>   resolution to 1270.  It actually tries to do "270 setresolution"....

    These are known bugs with those PPD files, and they have been fixed.

>1) Why do the Lino PPDs for PostScript versions < 52.3 have entries
>   for *SetResolution, but versions > 52.3 do not have entries for
>   *SetResolution?
>
>4) None of the PPDs for the Varityper imagesetters have a *CustomPageSize
>   entry.

    Good question.  Perhaps they are bugs in the files.  I'll check.

>2) The entries under *ScreenProc seem pretty useless, especially if
>   the device has a screen filter installed.  There is a special PPD for
>   an AGFA SelectSet 5000 with the screen filter active, but RoundAGFASpot
>   and EllipticalAGFASpot (or whatever they are called) not listed under
>   ScreenProc.  It would be very useful if they were.

    Thanks for the suggestion. I'll check.

>Actually, if you've ever done anything at all with PPD files I'm interested
>in hearing about it.

    You got those files from Adobe, they are copyright Adobe, did you
    ever think of asking Adobe? :-)

Seriously, we're putting a lot of work into producing bug-free PPD files,
into distributing them via our anonymous FTP server (ftp.mv.us.adobe.com,
or email to ps-file-server@mv.us.adobe.com).  Lots of applications 
(Adobe Illustrator, Aldus PageMaker, Adobe Windows Printer Driver, Adobe 
Macintosh Printer Driver) are supporting them.  If you want to find out 
more you are encouraged to call the Adobe Developers Association at
+1-415-961-4111 and ask.

>Jonathan Hue		hue@island.COM

(Actually, I'm sure someone at Island is already a member of the Adobe 
Developers Association, and Jonathan just hadn't found that out.  Isn't 
the net great?)

	--Jim DeLaHunt, Developer Support, Adobe Systems Incorporated	
delahunt@mv.us.adobe.com  ...!{apple,decwrl}!adobe!delahunt    +1-415-962-3790