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b4a8492a 2.\" ppdmerge 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
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87030afb 10.TH ppdmerge 1 "CUPS" "26 April 2019" "Apple Inc."
ac884b6a 11.SH NAME
b4a8492a 12ppdmerge \- merge ppd files (deprecated)
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13.SH SYNOPSIS
14.B ppdmerge
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15[
16.B \-o
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17.I output-ppd-file
18]
19.I ppd-file
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20.I ppd-file
21[ ...
22.I ppd-file
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24.SH DESCRIPTION
b4a8492a 25\fBppdmerge\fR merges two or more PPD files into a single, multi-language
ac884b6a 26PPD file.
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27\fBThis program is deprecated and will be removed in a future release of CUPS.\fR
28.SH OPTIONS
29\fBppdmerge\fR supports the following options:
30.TP
31\fB\-o \fIoutput-ppd-file\fR
32Specifies the PPD file to create.
33If not specified, the merged PPD file is written to the standard output.
34If the output file already exists, it is silently overwritten.
ac884b6a 35.SH NOTES
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36PPD files are deprecated and will no longer be supported in a future feature release of CUPS.
37Printers that do not support IPP can be supported using applications such as
38.BR ippeveprinter (1).
39.LP
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40\fBppdmerge\fR does not check whether the merged PPD files are for the same device.
41Merging of different device PPDs will yield unpredictable results.
ac884b6a 42.SH SEE ALSO
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43.BR ppdc (1),
44.BR ppdhtml (1),
45.BR ppdi (1),
46.BR ppdpo (1),
47.BR ppdcfile (5),
48CUPS Online Help (http://localhost:631/help)
ac884b6a 49.SH COPYRIGHT
87030afb 50Copyright \[co] 2007-2019 by Apple Inc.