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 .\"
 .\" ppdmerge man page for CUPS.
 .\"
-.\" Copyright 2007-2014 by Apple Inc.
-.\" Copyright 1997-2007 by Easy Software Products.
+.\" Copyright © 2007-2019 by Apple Inc.
+.\" Copyright © 1997-2007 by Easy Software Products.
 .\"
-.\" Licensed under Apache License v2.0.  See the file "LICENSE" for more information.
+.\" Licensed under Apache License v2.0.  See the file "LICENSE" for more
+.\" information.
 .\"
-.TH ppdmerge 1 "CUPS" "12 June 2014" "Apple Inc."
+.TH ppdmerge 1 "CUPS" "26 April 2019" "Apple Inc."
 .SH NAME
 ppdmerge \- merge ppd files (deprecated)
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -32,6 +33,10 @@ 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.
 .SH NOTES
+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).
+.LP
 \fBppdmerge\fR does not check whether the merged PPD files are for the same device.
 Merging of different device PPDs will yield unpredictable results.
 .SH SEE ALSO
@@ -42,4 +47,4 @@ Merging of different device PPDs will yield unpredictable results.
 .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.