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<h1 class="title">ppdi(1)</h1>
<h2 class="title"><a name="NAME">Name</a></h2>
-ppdi - import ppd files
+ppdi - import ppd files (deprecated)
<h2 class="title"><a name="SYNOPSIS">Synopsis</a></h2>
-<b>ppdi
-</b>[ -I
-<i>include-directory
-</i>] [ -o
-<i>source-file
-</i>]
-<i>ppd-file
-</i>[
-<i>ppd-file2 ... ppd-fileN
-</i>]
+<b>ppdi</b>
+[
+<b>-I</b>
+<i>include-directory</i>
+] [
+<b>-o</b>
+<i>source-file</i>
+]
+<i>ppd-file</i>
+[ ...
+<i>ppd-file</i>
+]
<h2 class="title"><a name="DESCRIPTION">Description</a></h2>
-<i>ppdi</i> imports one or more PPD files into a PPD compiler source file.
-Multiple languages of the same PPD file are merged into a single printer
-definition to facilitate accurate changes for all localizations.
-<p>The <i>-o</i> option specifies the PPD source file to update. If the source
-file does not exist, a new source file is created. Otherwise the existing
-file is merged with the new PPD file(s) on the command-line. If no source
-file is specified, the filename "ppdi.drv" is used.
+<b>ppdi</b> imports one or more PPD files into a PPD compiler source file.
+Multiple languages of the same PPD file are merged into a single printer definition to facilitate accurate changes for all localizations.
+<b>This program is deprecated and will be removed in a future release of CUPS.</b>
+<h2 class="title"><a name="OPTIONS">Options</a></h2>
+<b>ppdi</b> supports the following options:
+<dl class="man">
+<dt><b>-I </b><i>include-directory</i>
+<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Specifies an alternate include directory.
+Multiple <i>-I</i> options can be supplied to add additional directories.
+<dt><b>-o </b><i>source-file</i>
+<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Specifies the PPD source file to update.
+If the source file does not exist, a new source file is created.
+Otherwise the existing file is merged with the new PPD file(s) on the command-line.
+If no source file is specified, the filename <i>ppdi.drv</i> is used.
+</dl>
+<h2 class="title"><a name="NOTES">Notes</a></h2>
+PPD files are deprecated and will no longer be supported in a future feature release of CUPS.
+Printers that do not support IPP can be supported using applications such as
+<b>ippeveprinter</b>(1).
<h2 class="title"><a name="SEE_ALSO">See Also</a></h2>
-ppdc(1), ppdhtml(1), ppdmerge(1), ppdpo(1), ppdcfile(5)
-<br>
-<a href='http://localhost:631/help'>http://localhost:631/help</a>
+<b>ppdc</b>(1),
+<b>ppdhtml</b>(1),
+<b>ppdmerge</b>(1),
+<b>ppdpo</b>(1),
+<b>ppdcfile</b>(5),
+CUPS Online Help (<a href="http://localhost:631/help">http://localhost:631/help</a>)
<h2 class="title"><a name="COPYRIGHT">Copyright</a></h2>
-Copyright 2007-2013 by Apple Inc.
+Copyright © 2007-2019 by Apple Inc.
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