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b4a8492a 2.\" ppdi man page for CUPS.
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4.\" Copyright © 2007-2019 by Apple Inc.
5.\" Copyright © 1997-2007 by Easy Software Products.
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7.\" Licensed under Apache License v2.0. See the file "LICENSE" for more
8.\" information.
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87030afb 10.TH ppdi 1 "CUPS" "26 April 2019" "Apple Inc."
ac884b6a 11.SH NAME
b4a8492a 12ppdi \- import ppd files (deprecated)
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13.SH SYNOPSIS
14.B ppdi
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15[
16.B \-I
ac884b6a 17.I include-directory
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18] [
19.B \-o
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20.I source-file
21]
22.I ppd-file
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23[ ...
24.I ppd-file
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26.SH DESCRIPTION
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27\fBppdi\fR imports one or more PPD files into a PPD compiler source file.
28Multiple languages of the same PPD file are merged into a single printer definition to facilitate accurate changes for all localizations.
29\fBThis program is deprecated and will be removed in a future release of CUPS.\fR
30.SH OPTIONS
31\fBppdi\fR supports the following options:
32.TP 5
33\fB\-I \fIinclude-directory\fR
34Specifies an alternate include directory.
35Multiple \fI-I\fR options can be supplied to add additional directories.
36.TP 5
37\fB\-o \fIsource-file\fR
38Specifies the PPD source file to update.
39If the source file does not exist, a new source file is created.
40Otherwise the existing file is merged with the new PPD file(s) on the command-line.
41If no source file is specified, the filename \fIppdi.drv\fR is used.
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42.SH NOTES
43PPD files are deprecated and will no longer be supported in a future feature release of CUPS.
44Printers that do not support IPP can be supported using applications such as
45.BR ippeveprinter (1).
ac884b6a 46.SH SEE ALSO
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47.BR ppdc (1),
48.BR ppdhtml (1),
49.BR ppdmerge (1),
50.BR ppdpo (1),
51.BR ppdcfile (5),
52CUPS Online Help (http://localhost:631/help)
ac884b6a 53.SH COPYRIGHT
87030afb 54Copyright \[co] 2007-2019 by Apple Inc.