ppdi(1)

ppdi1

Import ppd files (deprecated)

Usage

ppdi [-I include-directory] [-o source-file] ppd-file [ppd-file]

Overview

ppdi imports one or more PPD files into a PPD compiler source file. Multiple languages of the same PPD file are merged into a single printer definition to facilitate accurate changes for all localizations. This program is deprecated and will be removed in a future release of CUPS.

Options

ppdi supports the following options:

-I include-directory

Specifies an alternate include directory. Multiple -I options can be supplied to add additional directories.

-o source-file

Specifies the PPD source file to update. If the source file does not exist, a new source file is created. Otherwise the existing file is merged with the new PPD file(s) on the command-line. If no source file is specified, the filename ppdi.drv is used.

Notes

PPD files are deprecated and will no longer be supported in a future feature release of CUPS. Printers that do not support IPP can be supported using applications such as ippeveprinter(1).

Releases

10 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); the text changed 8 times.

  1. 5.0
  2. 6.0
  3. 7
  4. 8
  5. 9
  6. 10
  7. 11
  8. 12
  9. 13–Arch

-I since Debian 9 (Stretch); -o since Debian 9 (Stretch).

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