I posted many times here a problem about installing Epson laser printer EPL-6200L in SUSE 10.3. It is a little bit annoying if you reboot and change to Windows system when you want to print.
I followed the instructions found on web, but all I get is an error message when I try to install PPD file which is a part of the driver.

I am only asking if there is somebody out there, who successlully installed the above mentioned PPD file. The driver itself was installed without any problem, but I cant use the printer, due to the problem with PPD file.

This is the error message:

Checking file "./Epson-EPL-6200L-epl6200l-cups.ppd"
./Epson-EPL-6200L-epl6200l-cups.ppd: FAIL
**FAIL** Unable to open PPD file - Illegal whitespace character on line 129.
WARN Line 44 only contains whitespace!
0 files passed

I'm going out on a limb and guess here, since I've never worked directly with ppd files, but your error message shows that there's something wrong with the contents of the file. It could be that there are actual text errors in the file, or it could be something like the file is using dos line endings instead of unix, or is in the wrong encoding or something.

I suggest you first make a backup copy of the ppd file, then inspect it. Open it up in a text editor and look especially at lines 44 and 129. Can you figure out what the "illegal whitespace" errors are? Perhaps you can alter it to remove the illegal whitespace and try it again. Check that it's using unix line-endings and an ascii-compatible encoding (probably utf-8) and convert it if necessary.

I have no idea if this will help, but it's what I would try first.

Hi David,
Checking file "./Epson-EPL-6200L-epl6200l-cups.ppd"
./Epson-EPL-6200L-epl6200l-cups.ppd: FAIL
**FAIL** Unable to open PPD file - Illegal whitespace character on line 129.
WARN Line 44 only contains whitespace!
0 files passed

This is the error message I get every time I try to install. I tried to do what error message says but no effect on the install process.

Maybe you will see what is wrong with the file. I am not an expert more a noob vis a vis Linux.

*PPD-Adobe: "4.3"
*%
*% For information on using this, and to obtain the required backend
*% script, consult http://www.linuxprinting.org/cups-doc.html
*%
*% CUPS-O-MATIC generated this PPD file. It is for use with the CUPS
*% printing system and the "cupsomatic" backend filter script. These
*% two files work together to support the use of arbitrary free
*% software drivers with CUPS, replete with basic support for
*% driver-provided options.
*%
*% You may save this file as 'Epson-EPL-6200L-epl6200l-cups.ppd'
*%
*%
*FormatVersion: "4.3"
*FileVersion: "1.1"
*LanguageVersion: English
*LanguageEncoding: ISOLatin1
*PCFileName: "EPL6200L.PPD"
*Manufacturer: "Epson"
*Product: "EPL-6200L"
*cupsVersion: 1.0
*cupsManualCopies: True
*cupsModelNumber: 2
*cupsFilter: "application/vnd.cups-postscript 0 cupsomatic"
*ModelName: "Epson EPL-6200L, Foomatic + epl6200l"
*NickName: "Epson EPL-6200L, Foomatic + epl6200l"
*ShortNickName: "Epson EPL-6200L"
*PSVersion: "(3010.000) 550"
*PSVersion: "(3010.000) 651"
*PSVersion: "(3010.000) 652"
*PSVersion: "(3010.000) 653"
*PSVersion: "(3010.000) 704"
*PSVersion: "(3010.000) 705"
*LanguageLevel: "3"
*ColorDevice: True
*DefaultColorSpace: RGB
*FileSystem: False
*Throughput: "1"
*LandscapeOrientation: Plus90
*VariablePaperSize: False
*TTRasterizer: Type42



*OpenUI *PageSize/Page Size: PickOne
*DefaultPageSize: Letter
*PageSize Letter/US Letter: "<</PageSize[612 792]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice"
*PageSize A4/A4: "<</PageSize[595 842]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice"
*PageSize A5/A5: "<</PageSize[421 595]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice"
*PageSize B5/B5 (JIS): "<</PageSize[516 729]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice"
*PageSize Custom/Custom Size: "<</PageSize[0 0]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice"
*PageSize Env10/Envelope #10: "<</PageSize[297 684]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice"
*PageSize EnvC5/Envelope C5: "<</PageSize[459 649]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice"
*PageSize EnvDL/Envelope DL: "<</PageSize[312 624]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice"
*PageSize EnvISOB5/Envelope B5: "<</PageSize[499 709]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice"
*PageSize EnvMonarch/Envelope Monarch: "<</PageSize[279 540]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice"
*PageSize Executive/Executive: "<</PageSize[522 756]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice"
*PageSize Legal/US Legal: "<</PageSize[612 1008]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice"
*CloseUI: *PageSize

*OpenUI *PageRegion: PickOne
*OrderDependency: 10 AnySetup *PageRegion
*DefaultPageRegion: Letter
*PageRegion Letter/US Letter: "<</PageSize[612 792]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice"
*PageRegion A4/A4: "<</PageSize[595 842]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice"
*PageRegion A5/A5: "<</PageSize[421 595]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice"
*PageRegion B5/B5 (JIS): "<</PageSize[516 729]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice"
*PageRegion Custom/Custom Size: "<</PageSize[0 0]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice"
*PageRegion Env10/Envelope #10: "<</PageSize[297 684]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice"
*PageRegion EnvC5/Envelope C5: "<</PageSize[459 649]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice"
*PageRegion EnvDL/Envelope DL: "<</PageSize[312 624]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice"
*PageRegion EnvISOB5/Envelope B5: "<</PageSize[499 709]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice"
*PageRegion EnvMonarch/Envelope Monarch: "<</PageSize[279 540]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice"
*PageRegion Executive/Executive: "<</PageSize[522 756]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice"
*PageRegion Legal/US Legal: "<</PageSize[612 1008]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice"
*CloseUI: *PageRegion

*DefaultImageableArea: Letter
*ImageableArea Letter/US Letter: "0 0 612 792"
*ImageableArea A4/A4: "0 0 595 842"
*ImageableArea A5/A5: "0 0 421 595"
*ImageableArea B5/B5 (JIS): "0 0 516 729"
*ImageableArea Custom/Custom Size: "0 0 0 0"
*ImageableArea Env10/Envelope #10: "0 0 297 684"
*ImageableArea EnvC5/Envelope C5: "0 0 459 649"
*ImageableArea EnvDL/Envelope DL: "0 0 312 624"
*ImageableArea EnvISOB5/Envelope B5: "0 0 499 709"
*ImageableArea EnvMonarch/Envelope Monarch: "0 0 279 540"
*ImageableArea Executive/Executive: "0 0 522 756"
*ImageableArea Legal/US Legal: "0 0 612 1008"

*DefaultPaperDimension: Letter
*PaperDimension Letter/US Letter: "612 792"
*PaperDimension A4/A4: "595 842"
*PaperDimension A5/A5: "421 595"
*PaperDimension B5/B5 (JIS): "516 729"
*PaperDimension Custom/Custom Size: "0 0"
*PaperDimension Env10/Envelope #10: "297 684"
*PaperDimension EnvC5/Envelope C5: "459 649"
*PaperDimension EnvDL/Envelope DL: "312 624"
*PaperDimension EnvISOB5/Envelope B5: "499 709"
*PaperDimension EnvMonarch/Envelope Monarch: "279 540"
*PaperDimension Executive/Executive: "522 756"
*PaperDimension Legal/US Legal: "612 1008"

*OpenUI *Density/Density: PickOne
*DefaultDensity: 3
*Density 1/1: ""
*Density 2/2: ""
*Density 3/3: ""
*Density 4/4: ""
*Density 5/5: ""
*CloseUI: *Density

*OpenUI *Dpi/Dpi: PickOne
*DefaultDpi: 600x600dpi
*Dpi 300x300dpi/300x300 dpi: ""
*Dpi 600x300dpi/600x300 dpi (Class600): ""
*Dpi 600x600dpi/600x600 dpi: ""
*Dpi 1200x600dpi/1200x600 dpi (Class1200): ""
*CloseUI: *Dpi

*OpenUI *FlowControl/Flow Control: PickOne
*DefaultFlowControl: Off
*FlowControl libieee1284/ParPort (libieee1284): ""
*FlowControl libusb/USB (libusb): ""
*FlowControl Off/Off: ""
*FlowControl ParPort (kernel _dev_lp0)/ParPort (kernel dev_lp0): ""


The last line is the line 129. Line 44 is just a dot.

I can't see anything particularly wrong. But as the error says, it's illegal whitespace that's the problem. Try removing the "dot" (probably a tab character or something) from line 44, or even remove the entire line, and see that there are no extra white spaces at the end of the file.

Play around with it a bit and try to find out the exact places it's choking on. Other than that, I can't really advise you. Perhaps you can track down another copy of the file somewhere.

But make sure you keep your backup safe in any case.