man/cupsfilter.man

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  14 .TH cupsfilter 8 "Common UNIX Printing System" "10 September 2008" "Apple Inc."
  15 .SH NAME
  16 cupsfilter \- convert a file to another format using cups filters
  17 .SH SYNOPSIS
  18 .B cupsfilter
  19 [ -c
  20 .I config-file
  21 ] -j
  22 .I job-id[,N]
  23 [ -m
  24 .I mime/type
  25 ] [ -n
  26 .I copies
  27 ] [ -o
  28 .I name=value
  29 ] [ -p
  30 .I filename.ppd
  31 ] [ -t
  32 .I title
  33 ]
  34 .I filename
  35 .SH DESCRIPTION
  36 \fIcupsfilter\fR is a front-end to the CUPS filter subsystem which allows you
  37 to convert a file to a specific format, just as if you had printed the file
  38 through CUPS. By default, \fIcupsfilter\fR generates a PDF file.
  39 .SH OPTIONS
  40 .TP 5
  41 -c config-file
  42 .br
  43 Uses the named cupsd.conf configuration file.
  44 .TP 5
  45 -j job-id[,N]
  46 .br
  47 Converts document N from the specified job. If N is omitted, document 1 is
  48 converted.
  49 .TP 5
  50 -m mime/type
  51 .br
  52 Specifies the destination file type. The default file type is application/pdf.
  53 Use printer/foo to convert to the printer format defined by the filters in the
  54 PPD file.
  55 .TP 5
  56 -n copies
  57 .br
  58 Specifies the number of copies to generate.
  59 .TP 5
  60 -o name=value
  61 .br
  62 Specifies options to pass to the CUPS filters.
  63 .TP 5
  64 -p filename.ppd
  65 .br
  66 Specifies the PPD file to use.
  67 .TP 5
  68 -t title
  69 .br
  70 Specifies the document title.
  71 .SH KNOWN ISSUES
  72 \fIcupsfilter\fR currently does not use the filters defined in the PPD file.
  73 This will be addressed in a future CUPS release.
  74 .SH SEE ALSO
  75 \fIcupsd.conf(5)\fR
  76 .br
  77 http://localhost:631/help
  78 .SH COPYRIGHT
  79 Copyright 2007-2008 by Apple Inc.
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