Bug 164991

Has your "HP LaserJet 5Si" built-in PostScript support?
I assume it hasn't.

But even LinuxPrinting.org lists it as PostScript printer:
http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=HP-LaserJet_5Si

The PPD is for the "... MX Postscript" model version.
I verified that YaST finds this PPD file even for the "normal" model.
The reason is that in this PPD there is the entry:
  *ModelName: "HP LaserJet 5Si"
YaST depends on this ModelName entry to find matching PPDs
for a particular printer model, see
http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Printer_Configuration_from_SUSE_LINUX_9.1_on
"General information on setting up PostScript printers"
for some details how YaST works.

Obviously a bug in the PPD files.
Unfortunately it is now too late to be fixed for Suse Linux 10.1
so that it must wait for the version after 10.1

By the way:
Regarding "filtering turned off ... does not help", see
http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:CUPS_in_a_Nutshell
why you need a filter, without filtering you get "raw" output.

(In reply to comment #1)
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> Has your "HP LaserJet 5Si" built-in PostScript support?
> I assume it hasn't.
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     From what you wrote below, you found out the same thing I did:  no, the 5Si doesn't have built-in PostScript support.  One has to buy a PostScript "personality" SIMM.  This SIMM is optional for the 5Si and 5Si NX, but standard on the 5Si MX.  (See page 1-2 of the manual for details:  <http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/CoreRedirect.jsp?redirectReason=DocIndexPDF&prodSeriesId=25478&targetPage=http%3A%2F%2Fh20000.www2.hp.com%2Fbc%2Fdocs%2Fsupport%2FSupportManual%2Fbpl07288%2Fbpl07288.pdf>.)

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> But even LinuxPrinting.org lists it as PostScript printer:
> http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=HP-LaserJet_5Si
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     Hmm.  I'll have write them or edit their wiki to note what the 5Si manual says concerning PostScript support. 

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> The PPD is for the "... MX Postscript" model version.
> I verified that YaST finds this PPD file even for the "normal" model.
===
     Yep.

===
> Obviously a bug in the PPD files.
> Unfortunately it is now too late to be fixed for Suse Linux 10.1
> so that it must wait for the version after 10.1
===
     OK.  Thanks!

===
> By the way:
> Regarding "filtering turned off ... does not help", see
> http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:CUPS_in_a_Nutshell
> why you need a filter, without filtering you get "raw" output.
===
     Thanks also for the helpful link.

We get those PPDs from HP and as far as I know HP makes also
the data for LinuxPrinting.

I will contact HP to inform them about this bug in their PPDs.

For your information:
This is the matching HP web site:
http://hplip.sourceforge.net/

*** Bug 146621 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

The same problem for HP Laserjet 5P, see bug #146621

We have the following PPDs for those models:
Use a command like:
  for p in $( find /usr/share/cups/model | grep '\.ppd\.gz$' )
  do zcat $p \
     | egrep '^\*ModelName:|^\*NickName:' \
     | grep -A1 -i '^\*ModelName:[^L]*LaserJet 5Si' && echo -e "$p\n"
  done

LaserJet 5Si:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*ModelName:             "HP LaserJet 5Si"
*NickName:              "HP LaserJet 5Si/5Si MX Postscript (recommended)"
/usr/share/cups/model/manufacturer-PPDs/hp/HP_LaserJet_5Si.ppd.gz

*ModelName:             "HP LaserJet 5Si Mopier PS"
*NickName:              "HP LaserJet 5Si Mopier Postscript (recommended)"
/usr/share/cups/model/manufacturer-PPDs/hp/HP_LaserJet_5Si_Mopier.ppd.gz

*ModelName:     "HP LaserJet 5Si"
*NickName:      "HP LaserJet 5Si Foomatic/hpijs"
/usr/share/cups/model/manufacturer-PPDs/hplip/HP-LaserJet_5Si-hpijs.ppd.gz

*ModelName:             "HP LaserJet 5Si"
*NickName:              "HP LaserJet 5Si/5Si MX Postscript (recommended)"
/usr/share/cups/model/manufacturer-PPDs/hplip/HP_LaserJet_5Si.ppd.gz

*ModelName:             "HP LaserJet 5Si Mopier PS"
*NickName:              "HP LaserJet 5Si Mopier Postscript (recommended)"
/usr/share/cups/model/manufacturer-PPDs/hplip/HP_LaserJet_5Si_Mopier.ppd.gz

*ModelName:     "HP LaserJet 5Si"
*NickName:      "HP LaserJet 5Si Foomatic/gimp-print"
/usr/share/cups/model/HP/LaserJet_5Si-gimp-print.ppd.gz

*ModelName:     "HP LaserJet 5Si"
*NickName:      "HP LaserJet 5Si Foomatic/lj4dith"
/usr/share/cups/model/HP/LaserJet_5Si-lj4dith.ppd.gz

*ModelName:     "HP LaserJet 5Si"
*NickName:      "HP LaserJet 5Si Foomatic/lj5gray"
/usr/share/cups/model/HP/LaserJet_5Si-lj5gray.ppd.gz

*ModelName:     "HP LaserJet 5Si"
*NickName:      "HP LaserJet 5Si Foomatic/ljet4"
/usr/share/cups/model/HP/LaserJet_5Si-ljet4.ppd.gz

*ModelName:     "HP LaserJet 5Si"
*NickName:      "HP LaserJet 5Si - CUPS+Gimp-Print v4.2.7"
/usr/share/cups/model/stp/pcl-5si.ppd.gz
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

LaserJet 5P
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*ModelName: "HP LaserJet 5P"
*NickName: "HP LaserJet 5MP Postscript (recommended)"
/usr/share/cups/model/manufacturer-PPDs/hp/HP_LaserJet_5MP.ppd.gz

*ModelName:     "HP LaserJet 5P"
*NickName:      "HP LaserJet 5P Foomatic/hpijs"
/usr/share/cups/model/manufacturer-PPDs/hplip/HP-LaserJet_5P-hpijs.ppd.gz

*ModelName: "HP LaserJet 5P"
*NickName: "HP LaserJet 5MP Postscript (recommended)"
/usr/share/cups/model/manufacturer-PPDs/hplip/HP_LaserJet_5MP.ppd.gz

*ModelName:     "HP LaserJet 5P"
*NickName:      "HP LaserJet 5P Foomatic/gimp-print"
/usr/share/cups/model/HP/LaserJet_5P-gimp-print.ppd.gz

*ModelName:     "HP LaserJet 5P"
*NickName:      "HP LaserJet 5P Foomatic/lj4dith"
/usr/share/cups/model/HP/LaserJet_5P-lj4dith.ppd.gz

*ModelName:     "HP LaserJet 5P"
*NickName:      "HP LaserJet 5P Foomatic/ljet4 (recommended)"
/usr/share/cups/model/HP/LaserJet_5P-ljet4.ppd.gz
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I think I can fix both problems by simply removing (recommended)
from some PPDs in manufacturer-PPDs and in hplip.

Fixed the PPDs in manufacturer-PPDs and in hplip as follows:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
sed -i -e '/^\*NickName:/s/ (recommended)//' HP_LaserJet_5Si.ppd
sed -i -e '/^\*ModelName:/s/5Si/5Si MX/' HP_LaserJet_5Si.ppd

sed -i -e '/^\*ModelName:/s/5P/5MP/' HP_LaserJet_5MP.ppd
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Submitted manufacturer-PPDs and hplip to STABLE.

Tested with YaST.
It worked only after I removed /var/lib/YaST2/ppd_db.ycp
then I got no longer the PostScript PPDs for this printers.

For the problem "worked only after I removed /var/lib/YaST2/ppd_db.ycp"
see bug #169694.