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.\" cupsd-helper man page for CUPS.
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+.\" Copyright 2007-2019 by Apple Inc.
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-.TH cupsd-helper 8 "CUPS" "15 April 2014" "Apple Inc."
+.TH cupsd-helper 8 "CUPS" "26 April 2019" "Apple Inc."
.SH NAME
-cupsd\-helper \- cupsd helper programs
+cupsd\-helper \- cupsd helper programs (deprecated)
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B cups\-deviced
.I request-id
.LP
Driver information files must conform to the format defined in
.BR ppdcfile (5).
+.SH NOTES
+CUPS printer drivers, backends, and 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
+.BR ippeveprinter (1).
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR backend (7),
.BR cups (1),
.BR ppdcfile (5),
CUPS Online Help (http://localhost:631/help)
.SH COPYRIGHT
-Copyright \[co] 2007-2018 by Apple Inc.
+Copyright \[co] 2007-2019 by Apple Inc.