Printer fonts
Duane Clark
dclark at akamail.com
Sat Jul 15 13:05:52 CDT 2006
Duane Clark wrote:
> It looks like, when printing via CUPS, if the PPD file for an installed
> printer does not contain entries (usually at the end of the file) like:
>
> *DefaultFont: Courier
> *Font AvantGarde-Book: Standard "(001.006S)" Standard ROM
> *Font AvantGarde-BookOblique: Standard "(001.006S)" Standard ROM
> ... (lots more)
>
> ...
> It seems to me that Wine probably should work in this case. Would it be
> acceptable to supply the defaults used in Wine's generic PPD file if
> they are not in the one being used? I could take a shot at trying to
> code that if it would be acceptable. Otherwise, I could change the error
> message to perhaps better explain what the problem is.
Attached is a proposed patch that uses *Font entries from Wine's
generic.ppd file if the printer PPD file does not have them. Would
something along these lines be acceptable?
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