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-.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
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
.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.