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9 <h1 class=
"title">ppdi(
1)
</h1>
10 <h2 class=
"title"><a name=
"NAME">Name
</a></h2>
11 ppdi - import ppd files (deprecated)
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"title"><a name=
"SYNOPSIS">Synopsis
</a></h2>
16 <i>include-directory
</i>
25 <h2 class=
"title"><a name=
"DESCRIPTION">Description
</a></h2>
26 <b>ppdi
</b> imports one or more PPD files into a PPD compiler source file.
27 Multiple languages of the same PPD file are merged into a single printer definition to facilitate accurate changes for all localizations.
28 <b>This program is deprecated and will be removed in a future release of CUPS.
</b>
29 <h2 class=
"title"><a name=
"OPTIONS">Options
</a></h2>
30 <b>ppdi
</b> supports the following options:
32 <dt><b>-I
</b><i>include-directory
</i>
33 <dd style=
"margin-left: 5.0em">Specifies an alternate include directory.
34 Multiple
<i>-I
</i> options can be supplied to add additional directories.
35 <dt><b>-o
</b><i>source-file
</i>
36 <dd style=
"margin-left: 5.0em">Specifies the PPD source file to update.
37 If the source file does not exist, a new source file is created.
38 Otherwise the existing file is merged with the new PPD file(s) on the command-line.
39 If no source file is specified, the filename
<i>ppdi.drv
</i> is used.
41 <h2 class=
"title"><a name=
"NOTES">Notes
</a></h2>
42 PPD files are deprecated and will no longer be supported in a future feature release of CUPS.
43 Printers that do not support IPP can be supported using applications such as
44 <b>ippeveprinter
</b>(
1).
45 <h2 class=
"title"><a name=
"SEE_ALSO">See Also
</a></h2>
51 CUPS Online Help (
<a href=
"http://localhost:631/help">http://localhost:
631/help
</a>)
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"title"><a name=
"COPYRIGHT">Copyright
</a></h2>
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