It's great that a PPD management tool is on the table. 
I have a thought on this:

1. Should PPD cache and the PPD cache management tool be visible to end user?
. On Linux/CUPS, PPD files are put into /usr/share/cups/model and CUPS 
automatically refreshed the PPD list upon CUPS restart.
. On Mac OS X, PPD files are located in /Library/Printers/PPDs/, and Mac OS X 
reloads the PPDs upon starting "Printer Setup Utility"
. Cannot Solaris do the same? Read all PPD files and load it on the fly? (Only 
during printer installation. I don't think there'll be a big performance 
complain)
. What is needed for Solaris 10 is a simple shell script that scans the PPD 
directory and subdirectories and generate a new PPD cache file.
 
 
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