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15 .TH cupstestppd 1 "CUPS" "19 November 2009" "Apple Inc."
17 cupstestppd \- test conformance of ppd files
26 ] [ -q ] [-r] [ -v[v] ] filename.ppd[.gz] [ ... filenameN.ppd[.gz] ]
33 ] [ -q ] [-r] [ -v[v] ] -
35 \fIcupstestppd\fR tests the conformance of PPD files to the
36 Adobe PostScript Printer Description file format specification
37 version 4.3. It can also be used to list the supported options
38 and available fonts in a PPD file. The results of testing and
39 any other output are sent to the standard output.
41 The first form of \fIcupstestppd\fR tests one or more PPD files
42 on the command-line. The second form tests the PPD file provided
43 on the standard input.
45 \fIcupstestppd\fR supports the following options:
49 Ignores all PCFileName warnings.
53 Ignores all filter errors.
57 Ignores all profile errors.
61 Specifies an alternate root directory for the filter, pre-filter,
62 and other support file checks.
66 Report all UIConstraint errors as warnings.
70 Except for size-related options, report all default option errors as warnings.
74 Report all filter errors as warnings.
78 Report all profile errors as warnings.
82 Report all media size errors as warnings.
86 Report all translation errors as warnings.
90 Report all of the previous errors as warnings.
94 Report all of the previous errors as errors.
98 Specifies that no information should be displayed.
102 Relaxes the PPD conformance requirements so that common
103 whitespace, control character, and formatting problems are not
104 treated as hard errors.
108 Specifies that detailed conformance testing results should be
109 displayed rather than the concise PASS/FAIL/ERROR status.
113 Specifies that all information in the PPD file should be
114 displayed in addition to the detailed conformance testing
117 The \fI-q\fR, \fI-v\fR, and \fI-vv\fR options are mutually exclusive.
119 \fIcupstestppd\fR returns zero on success and non-zero on error. The
120 error codes are as follows:
124 Bad command-line arguments or missing PPD filename.
128 Unable to open or read PPD file.
132 The PPD file contains format errors that cannot be skipped.
136 The PPD file does not conform to the Adobe PPD specification.
138 The following command will test all PPD files under the current
139 directory and print the names of each file that does not
143 find . -name \\*.ppd \\! -exec cupstestppd -q '{}' \\; -print
146 The next command tests all PPD files under the current directory
147 and print detailed conformance testing results for the files
151 find . -name \\*.ppd \\! -exec cupstestppd -q '{}' \\; \\
152 -exec cupstestppd -v '{}' \\;
158 http://localhost:631/help
160 Adobe PostScript Printer Description File Format Specification, Version 4.3.
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