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b19ccc9e 2.\" "$Id: cupsfilter.man 7936 2008-09-11 03:12:59Z mike $"
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4.\" cupsfilter man page for the Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS).
5.\"
b19ccc9e 6.\" Copyright 2007-2008 by Apple Inc.
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b19ccc9e 14.TH cupsfilter 8 "Common UNIX Printing System" "10 September 2008" "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
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21] -j
22.I job-id[,N]
2fb76298 23[ -m
bc44d920 24.I mime/type
2fb76298 25] [ -n
bc44d920 26.I copies
27] [ -o
28.I name=value
29] [ -p
30.I filename.ppd
31] [ -t
32.I title
33]
34.I filename
35.SH DESCRIPTION
36\fIcupsfilter\fR is a front-end to the CUPS filter subsystem which allows you
37to convert a file to a specific format, just as if you had printed the file
2fb76298 38through CUPS. By default, \fIcupsfilter\fR generates a PDF file.
bc44d920 39.SH OPTIONS
40.TP 5
41-c config-file
42.br
43Uses the named cupsd.conf configuration file.
44.TP 5
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45-j job-id[,N]
46.br
47Converts document N from the specified job. If N is omitted, document 1 is
48converted.
49.TP 5
bc44d920 50-m mime/type
51.br
2fb76298 52Specifies the destination file type. The default file type is application/pdf.
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53Use printer/foo to convert to the printer format defined by the filters in the
54PPD file.
bc44d920 55.TP 5
56-n copies
57.br
58Specifies the number of copies to generate.
59.TP 5
60-o name=value
61.br
62Specifies options to pass to the CUPS filters.
63.TP 5
64-p filename.ppd
65.br
66Specifies the PPD file to use.
67.TP 5
68-t title
69.br
70Specifies the document title.
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71.SH KNOWN ISSUES
72\fIcupsfilter\fR currently does not use the filters defined in the PPD file.
73This will be addressed in a future CUPS release.
bc44d920 74.SH SEE ALSO
75\fIcupsd.conf(5)\fR
76.br
77http://localhost:631/help
78.SH COPYRIGHT
b19ccc9e 79Copyright 2007-2008 by Apple Inc.
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b19ccc9e 81.\" End of "$Id: cupsfilter.man 7936 2008-09-11 03:12:59Z mike $".
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