man/ppdmerge.1

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  10 .TH ppdmerge 1 "CUPS" "26 April 2019" "Apple Inc."
  11 .SH NAME
  12 ppdmerge \- merge ppd files (deprecated)
  13 .SH SYNOPSIS
  14 .B ppdmerge
  15 [
  16 .B \-o
  17 .I output-ppd-file
  18 ]
  19 .I ppd-file
  20 .I ppd-file
  21 [ ...
  22 .I ppd-file
  23 ]
  24 .SH DESCRIPTION
  25 \fBppdmerge\fR merges two or more PPD files into a single, multi-language
  26 PPD file.
  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
  32 Specifies the PPD file to create.
  33 If not specified, the merged PPD file is written to the standard output.
  34 If the output file already exists, it is silently overwritten.
  35 .SH NOTES
  36 PPD files are deprecated and will no longer be supported in a future feature release of CUPS.
  37 Printers that do not support IPP can be supported using applications such as
  38 .BR ippeveprinter (1).
  39 .LP
  40 \fBppdmerge\fR does not check whether the merged PPD files are for the same device.
  41 Merging of different device PPDs will yield unpredictable results.
  42 .SH SEE ALSO
  43 .BR ppdc (1),
  44 .BR ppdhtml (1),
  45 .BR ppdi (1),
  46 .BR ppdpo (1),
  47 .BR ppdcfile (5),
  48 CUPS Online Help (http://localhost:631/help)
  49 .SH COPYRIGHT
  50 Copyright \[co] 2007-2019 by Apple Inc.