Lots of PS PPDs are identical

Bug #416879 reported by Tim Waugh
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Bug Description

Lots of the shipped PostScript PPDs are exactly identical.

$ cd prnt/ps
$ gunzip *
$ sha1sum * | sort | cut -c-40 | uniq -d | wc -l
34

So there are 34 duplicate files. They are:

hp-color_laserjet_cm2320fxi_mfp-ps.ppd
hp-color_laserjet_cm2320_mfp-ps.ppd
hp-color_laserjet_cm2320nf_mfp-ps.ppd
hp-color_laserjet_cm2320n_mfp-ps.ppd
hp-laserjet_8100_mfp-ps.ppd
hp-laserjet_8100_series-ps.ppd
hp-color_laserjet_cp1514n-ps.ppd
hp-color_laserjet_cp1515n-ps.ppd
hp-color_laserjet_cp1518ni-ps.ppd
hp-laserjet_m9040_mfp-ps.ppd
hp-laserjet_m9050_mfp-ps.ppd
hp-color_laserjet_cm1312_mfp-ps.ppd
hp-color_laserjet_cm1312nfi_mfp-ps.ppd
hp-laserjet_5200l-ps.ppd
hp-laserjet_5200lx-ps.ppd
hp-color_laserjet_3700n-ps.ppd
hp-color_laserjet_3700-ps.ppd
hp-laserjet_1200n-ps.ppd
hp-laserjet_1200-ps.ppd
hp-laserjet_m1522_mfp-ps.ppd
hp-laserjet_m1522nf_mfp-ps.ppd
hp-laserjet_m1522n_mfp-ps.ppd
hp-laserjet_3020-ps.ppd
hp-laserjet_3030-ps.ppd
hp-color_laserjet_4600-ps.ppd
hp-color_laserjet_4600_series-ps.ppd
hp-laserjet_5000-ps.ppd
hp-laserjet_5000_series-ps.ppd
hp-laserjet_9055mfp-ps.ppd
hp-laserjet_9065mfp-ps.ppd
hp-laserjet_p2015dn_series-ps.ppd
hp-laserjet_p2015n_series-ps.ppd
hp-laserjet_p2015_series-ps.ppd
hp-laserjet_p2015x_series-ps.ppd
hp-color_laserjet_2605dn-ps.ppd
hp-color_laserjet_2605dtn-ps.ppd
hp-color_laserjet_2605-ps.ppd
hp-laserjet_1320n-ps.ppd
hp-laserjet_1320nw-ps.ppd
hp-laserjet_1320-ps.ppd
hp-laserjet_1320_series-ps.ppd
hp-laserjet_1320tn-ps.ppd
hp-laserjet_2100-ps.ppd
hp-laserjet_2100_series-ps.ppd
hp-cm8050_mfp_with_edgeline-ps.ppd
hp-cm8060_mfp_with_edgeline-ps.ppd
hp-color_laserjet_2800-ps.ppd
hp-color_laserjet_2820-ps.ppd
hp-color_laserjet_2830-ps.ppd
hp-color_laserjet_2840-ps.ppd
hp-laserjet_9040_mfp-ps.ppd
hp-laserjet_9050_mfp-ps.ppd
hp-color_laserjet_cm1015-ps.ppd
hp-color_laserjet_cm1017-ps.ppd
hp-laserjet_1300n-ps.ppd
hp-laserjet_1300-ps.ppd
hp-laserjet_1300xi-ps.ppd
hp-laserjet_2200-ps.ppd
hp-laserjet_2200_series-ps.ppd
hp-laserjet_1220-ps.ppd
hp-laserjet_1220se-ps.ppd
hp-laserjet_5mp-ps.ppd
hp-laserjet_5p-ps.ppd
hp-laserjet_3200m-ps.ppd
hp-laserjet_3200-ps.ppd
hp-laserjet_3200se-ps.ppd
hp-laserjet_3200_series-ps.ppd
hp-laserjet_8000-ps.ppd
hp-laserjet_8000_series-ps.ppd
hp-color_laserjet_2700n-ps.ppd
hp-color_laserjet_2700-ps.ppd
hp-laserjet_6mp-ps.ppd
hp-laserjet_6p-ps.ppd
hp-laserjet_2300-ps.ppd
hp-laserjet_2300_series-ps.ppd
hp-color_laserjet_cp2025n-ps.ppd
hp-color_laserjet_cp2025-ps.ppd
hp-color_laserjet_cp2025x-ps.ppd
hp-laserjet_p2055dn-ps.ppd
hp-laserjet_p2055d-ps.ppd
hp-laserjet_p2055-ps.ppd
hp-laserjet_p2055x-ps.ppd
hp-laserjet_p4014dn-ps.ppd
hp-laserjet_p4014n-ps.ppd
hp-laserjet_p4014-ps.ppd
hp-laserjet_p4015dn-ps.ppd
hp-laserjet_p4015n-ps.ppd
hp-laserjet_p4015-ps.ppd
hp-laserjet_p4015tn-ps.ppd
hp-laserjet_p4015x-ps.ppd
hp-laserjet_p4515n-ps.ppd
hp-laserjet_p4515-ps.ppd
hp-laserjet_p4515tn-ps.ppd
hp-laserjet_p4515xm-ps.ppd
hp-laserjet_p4515x-ps.ppd
hp-laserjet_m2727_mfp-ps.ppd
hp-laserjet_m2727nf_mfp-ps.ppd
hp-laserjet_m2727nfs_mfp-ps.ppd

There is no point shipping these with different filenames but identical Product strings is there?

Revision history for this message
David Suffield (david-suffield) wrote :

Ideally the duplicate PS PPDs should be unique. Each PPD does have a unique device-id. This is reflected by the unique PPD file names.

Unfortunately this problem is due to our conversion process for Mac PPDs. We will attempt to fix this discrepancy in the future.

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