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10 <h2 class=
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11 mime.convs - mime type conversion file for cups
12 <h2 class=
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13 The
<b>mime.convs
</b> file defines the filters that are available for converting files from one format to another.
14 The standard filters support text, PDF, PostScript, and many types of image files.
15 <p>Additional filters are specified in files with the extension
<i>.convs
</i> in the CUPS configuration directory.
16 <p>Each line in the
<b>mime.convs
</b> file is a comment, blank, or filter
18 Comment lines start with the # character.
19 Filter lines specify the source and destination MIME types along with a relative cost associated with the filter and the filter to run:
22 source/type destination/type cost filter
25 The
<i>source/type
</i> field specifies the source MIME media type that is consumed by the filter.
26 <p>The
<i>destination/type
</i> field specifies the destination MIME media type that is produced by the filter.
27 <p>The
<i>cost
</i> field specifies the relative cost for running the filter.
28 A 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.
29 <p>The
<i>filter
</i> field specifies the filter program filename.
30 Filenames are relative to the CUPS filter directory.
31 <h2 class=
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32 <i>/etc/cups
</i> - Typical CUPS configuration directory.
34 <i>/usr/lib/cups/filter
</i> - Typical CUPS filter directory.
36 <i>/usr/libexec/cups/filter
</i> - CUPS filter directory on macOS.
37 <h2 class=
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38 Define a filter that converts PostScript documents to CUPS Raster format:
41 application/vnd.cups-postscript application/vnd.cups-raster
50 pstoraster
44 <h2 class=
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</a></h2>
45 <a href=
"man-cups-files.conf.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>cups-files.conf
</b>(
5),
</a>
46 <a href=
"man-cupsd.conf.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>cupsd.conf
</b>(
5),
</a>
47 <a href=
"man-cupsd.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>cupsd
</b>(
8),
</a>
48 <a href=
"man-cupsfilter.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>cupsfilter
</b>(
8),
</a>
49 <a href=
"man-mime.types.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>mime.types
</b>(
5),
</a>
50 CUPS Online Help (
<a href=
"http://localhost:631/help">http://localhost:
631/help
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2016 by Apple Inc.