man/cupsfilter.man

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  14 .TH cupsfilter 8 "CUPS" "4 March 2010" "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 ] [ -d
  22 .I printer
  23 ] [ -e ] -j
  24 .I job-id[,N]
  25 [ -m
  26 .I mime/type
  27 ] [ -n
  28 .I copies
  29 ] [ -o
  30 .I name=value
  31 ] [ -p
  32 .I filename.ppd
  33 ] [ -t
  34 .I title
  35 ]
  36 .I filename
  37 .SH DESCRIPTION
  38 \fIcupsfilter\fR is a front-end to the CUPS filter subsystem which allows you
  39 to convert a file to a specific format, just as if you had printed the file
  40 through CUPS. By default, \fIcupsfilter\fR generates a PDF file.
  41 .SH OPTIONS
  42 .TP 5
  43 -c config-file
  44 .br
  45 Uses the named cupsd.conf configuration file.
  46 .TP 5
  47 -d printer
  48 Uses information from the named printer.
  49 .TP 5
  50 -e
  51 .br
  52 Use every filter from the PPD file.
  53 .TP 5
  54 -j job-id[,N]
  55 .br
  56 Converts document N from the specified job. If N is omitted, document 1 is
  57 converted.
  58 .TP 5
  59 -m mime/type
  60 .br
  61 Specifies the destination file type. The default file type is application/pdf.
  62 Use printer/foo to convert to the printer format defined by the filters in the
  63 PPD file.
  64 .TP 5
  65 -n copies
  66 .br
  67 Specifies the number of copies to generate.
  68 .TP 5
  69 -o name=value
  70 .br
  71 Specifies options to pass to the CUPS filters.
  72 .TP 5
  73 -p filename.ppd
  74 .br
  75 Specifies the PPD file to use.
  76 .TP 5
  77 -t title
  78 .br
  79 Specifies the document title.
  80 .SH KNOWN ISSUES
  81 \fIcupsfilter\fR currently does not use the filters defined in the PPD file.
  82 This will be addressed in a future CUPS release.
  83 .SH SEE ALSO
  84 \fIcupsd.conf(5)\fR
  85 .br
  86 http://localhost:631/help
  87 .SH COPYRIGHT
  88 Copyright 2007-2010 by Apple Inc.
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