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27e0d6f8 4.\" mime.convs man page for CUPS.
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6.\" Copyright 2007-2014 by Apple Inc.
7.\" Copyright 1997-2006 by Easy Software Products.
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27e0d6f8 15.TH mime.convs 5 "CUPS" "12 June 2014" "Apple Inc."
ef416fc2 16.SH NAME
17mime.convs \- mime type conversion file for cups
18.SH DESCRIPTION
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19The \fBmime.convs\fR file defines the filters that are available for converting files from one format to another.
20The standard filters support text, PDF, PostScript, and many types of image files.
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27e0d6f8 22Additional filters are specified in files with the extension \fI.convs\fR in the CUPS configuration directory.
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24Each line in the \fBmime.convs\fR file is a comment, blank, or filter
25line.
26Comment lines start with the # character.
27Filter lines specify the source and destination MIME types along with a relative cost associated with the filter and the filter to run:
28.nf
29
30 source/type destination/type cost filter
31
32.fi
33The \fIsource/type\fR field specifies the source MIME media type that is consumed by the filter.
34.LP
35The \fIdestination/type\fR field specifies the destiantion MIME media type that is produced by the filter.
36.LP
37The \fIcost\fR field specifies the relative cost for running the filter.
38A value of 100 means that the filter uses a large amount of resources while a value of 0 means that the filter uses very few resources.
39.LP
40The \fIfilter\fR field specifies the filter program filename.
41Filenames are relative to the CUPS filter directory.
42.SH FILES
43\fI/etc/cups\fR - Typical CUPS configuration directory.
44.br
45\fI/usr/lib/cups/filter\fR - Typical CUPS filter directory.
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47\fI/usr/libexec/cups/filter\fR - CUPS filter directory on OS X.
48.SH EXAMPLES
49Define a filter that converts PostScript documents to CUPS Raster format:
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51
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52 application/vnd.cups\-postscript application/vnd.cups\-raster 50 pstoraster
53
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55.SH SEE ALSO
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56.BR cups-files.conf (5),
57.BR cupsd.conf (5),
58.BR cupsd (8),
59.BR cupsfilter (8),
60.BR mime.types (5),
61CUPS Online Help (http://localhost:631/help)
ef416fc2 62.SH COPYRIGHT
27e0d6f8 63Copyright \[co] 2007-2014 by Apple Inc.
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