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bc44d920 1.\"
b19ccc9e 2.\" "$Id: cupsfilter.man 7936 2008-09-11 03:12:59Z mike $"
bc44d920 3.\"
ba55dc12 4.\" cupsfilter man page for CUPS.
bc44d920 5.\"
f3c17241 6.\" Copyright 2007-2012 by Apple Inc.
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ba55dc12 14.TH cupsfilter 8 "CUPS" "4 March 2010" "Apple Inc."
bc44d920 15.SH NAME
16cupsfilter \- convert a file to another format using cups filters
17.SH SYNOPSIS
18.B cupsfilter
19[ -c
20.I config-file
f3c17241 21] [ -d
ba55dc12 22.I printer
1340db2d 23] [ -e ] -j
2e4ff8af 24.I job-id[,N]
2fb76298 25[ -m
bc44d920 26.I mime/type
2fb76298 27] [ -n
bc44d920 28.I copies
29] [ -o
30.I name=value
31] [ -p
32.I filename.ppd
33] [ -t
34.I title
35]
36.I filename
37.SH DESCRIPTION
38\fIcupsfilter\fR is a front-end to the CUPS filter subsystem which allows you
39to convert a file to a specific format, just as if you had printed the file
2fb76298 40through CUPS. By default, \fIcupsfilter\fR generates a PDF file.
bc44d920 41.SH OPTIONS
42.TP 5
43-c config-file
44.br
45Uses the named cupsd.conf configuration file.
46.TP 5
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47-d printer
48Uses information from the named printer.
49.TP 5
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50-e
51.br
52Use every filter from the PPD file.
53.TP 5
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54-j job-id[,N]
55.br
56Converts document N from the specified job. If N is omitted, document 1 is
57converted.
58.TP 5
bc44d920 59-m mime/type
60.br
2fb76298 61Specifies the destination file type. The default file type is application/pdf.
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62Use printer/foo to convert to the printer format defined by the filters in the
63PPD file.
bc44d920 64.TP 5
65-n copies
66.br
67Specifies the number of copies to generate.
68.TP 5
69-o name=value
70.br
71Specifies options to pass to the CUPS filters.
72.TP 5
73-p filename.ppd
74.br
75Specifies the PPD file to use.
76.TP 5
77-t title
78.br
79Specifies the document title.
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80.SH KNOWN ISSUES
81\fIcupsfilter\fR currently does not use the filters defined in the PPD file.
82This will be addressed in a future CUPS release.
bc44d920 83.SH SEE ALSO
84\fIcupsd.conf(5)\fR
85.br
86http://localhost:631/help
87.SH COPYRIGHT
f3c17241 88Copyright 2007-2012 by Apple Inc.
bc44d920 89.\"
b19ccc9e 90.\" End of "$Id: cupsfilter.man 7936 2008-09-11 03:12:59Z mike $".
bc44d920 91.\"