Re: About: Fix ghostpdf errors

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Russell Lang" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: "SaGS" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, 20 February 2005 08:19
Subject: [gs-code-review] About: Fix ghostpdf errors


> ...
> I have not removed the comment above *PCFileName because I don't have 
> a 2 letter manufacturer code from Adobe, and as far as I know neither 
> do artofcode or Artifex.  

It's fine to keep the comment. By "also fix the comment before it" 
in my post I wanted to say the file extension is wrong in the comment 
too (it says the PPD file must have a PDF extension!).

>
> I have left the ISO prefix in front of the B sizes.  I have never 
> seen JIS B series (which predates the ISO series), but I have seen 
> ISO B sizes.  The distiller PPD must use the ISO and JIS prefixes, 
> because they show up in the printer user interface.

No, there's no need to keep "JISBn" as <MediaOption> keywords. The 
syntax for *PageSize, for example, is:

    *PageSize <MediaOption>[/<TranslationString>]: <InvocationValue>

If present, it's the <TranslationString> that shows up in the user 
interface, and in this case the <MediaOption> remains internal to 
the PPD. So, you can write:

    *PageSize B0/JIS B0: "..."

and, while using a registered <MediaOption>, still display "JIS B0" 
in the user interface.

By "There's no need to change the translation strings" I wanted to 
enhance that keeping "JIS B0" for the UI (in the <TranslationString>) 
is fine, if not better; only the <MediaOption> needs to be changed.

> ... 

SaGS