--- foomatic-db-engine-3.0.2/lib/Foomatic/PPD.pm.bad-utf8	2002-10-11 02:16:34.000000000 +0100

+++ foomatic-db-engine-3.0.2/lib/Foomatic/PPD.pm	2004-11-23 19:32:26.000000000 +0000

@@ -300,11 +300,17 @@

 sub xml_esc {

     my ($in) = (@_);

-    $in =~ s!&!&!g;

-    $in =~ s!

-    $in =~ s!>!>!g;

+    @chars = split(//,$in);

+    $ascii = "";

+    foreach (@chars) {

+        if (ord ($_) > 127) { $_="?"; }

+        $ascii .= $_;

+    }

+    $ascii =~ s!&!&!g;

+    $ascii =~ s!

+    $ascii =~ s!>!>!g;

-    return $in;

+    return $ascii;

 }

 sub pdq_filter {