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<h1 class="title">ppdmerge(1)</h1>
<h2 class="title"><a name="NAME">Name</a></h2>
-ppdmerge - merge ppd files
+ppdmerge - merge ppd files (deprecated)
<h2 class="title"><a name="SYNOPSIS">Synopsis</a></h2>
<b>ppdmerge</b>
-[ -o
+[
+<b>-o</b>
<i>output-ppd-file</i>
]
<i>ppd-file</i>
-<i>ppd-file2</i>
-[
-<i>...</i><i>ppd-fileN</i>
+<i>ppd-file</i>
+[ ...
+<i>ppd-file</i>
]
<h2 class="title"><a name="DESCRIPTION">Description</a></h2>
-<i>ppdmerge</i> merges two or more PPD files into a single, multi-language
+<b>ppdmerge</b> merges two or more PPD files into a single, multi-language
PPD file.
-<p>The <i>-o</i> option specifies the PPD file to create. If not specified,
-the merged PPD file is written to the standard output. If the output file
-already exists, the new
+<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>ppdmerge</b> supports the following options:
+<dl class="man">
+<dt><b>-o </b><i>output-ppd-file</i>
+<dd style="margin-left: 3.0em">Specifies the PPD file to create.
+If not specified, the merged PPD file is written to the standard output.
+If the output file already exists, it is silently overwritten.
+</dl>
<h2 class="title"><a name="NOTES">Notes</a></h2>
-<i>ppdmerge</i> does not check whether the merged PPD files are for the
-same device. Merging of different device PPDs will yield unpredictable
-results.
+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).
+<p><b>ppdmerge</b> does not check whether the merged PPD files are for the same device.
+Merging of different device PPDs will yield unpredictable results.
<h2 class="title"><a name="SEE_ALSO">See Also</a></h2>
-cupsprofile(1), ppdc(1), ppdhtml(1), ppdi(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>ppdi</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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