foomatic-ppdfile (1)

Name

foomatic-ppdfile - Generate a PPD file for a given printer/driver combo

Synopsis

foomatic-ppdfile [-w] [-d <driver>] -p <printerid>
foomatic-ppdfile [-A] [-P pattern]
foomatic-ppdfile -h

Description

User Commands                                 FOOMATIC-PPDFILE(1)



NAME
     foomatic-ppdfile   -   Generate  a  PPD  file  for  a  given
     printer/driver combo

SYNOPSIS
     foomatic-ppdfile [-w] [-d <driver>] -p <printerid>
     foomatic-ppdfile [-A] [-P pattern]
     foomatic-ppdfile -h


DESCRIPTION
     The first  form  of  the  foomatic-ppdfile  to  compute  the
     spooler-independent   Foomatic   PPD   file  for  any  valid
     printer/driver combo available  in  the  Foomatic  database,
     both  for  printing  with  foomatic-rip(1)  and for applica-
     tions/clients being able to access  the  printer's  options.
     The  PPD  file is returned on standard ouput.  If the driver
     is not specified, the default driver is used.


     The second form of the foomatic-ppdfile program will  search
     the  printer  database and return either all printer entries
     or those whose name and/or model information match a regular
     expression.


     The last form prints a help message and exits.


  Options
     -d drivername
          The  (optional) driver name to use.  If the driver name
          is not supplied, the default or  first  driver  in  the
          printers compatible driver list is used.


     -p   printer id The printer id.


     -w   Return  a  PPD file that conforms to the Microsoft Win-
          dows format limitations.


     -A   Return all printer entries in the database.


     -Ppattern
          Return all printer entries in the database which  match
          the regular expression.






Foomatic Project     Last change: 2001-05-07                    1






User Commands                                 FOOMATIC-PPDFILE(1)



     See   attributes(5)   for   descriptions  of  the  following
     attributes:

     +---------------+--------------------------------------+
     |ATTRIBUTE TYPE |           ATTRIBUTE VALUE            |
     +---------------+--------------------------------------+
     |Availability   | print/cups/filter/foomatic-db-engine |
     +---------------+--------------------------------------+
     |Stability      | Volatile                             |
     +---------------+--------------------------------------+
SEE ALSO
     foomatic-rip(1)


EXIT STATUS
     foomatic-ppdfile returns 0 on success, 1 otherwise.


AUTHOR
     Manfred  Wassmann  <[email protected]>  for   the
     foomatic project using output from the associated binary.

     Modified   and   updated  by  Patrick  Powell  <papowell  at
     astart.com>.


BUGS
     None so far.

     Please post bug reports on

     http://lists.freestandards.org/mailman/listinfo/printing-
     foomatic




NOTES
     This   software   was   built   from   source  available  at
     https://java.net/projects/solaris-userland.   The   original
     community   source   was   downloaded   from   /foomatic-db-
     engine-3.0-20080903.tar.gz

     Further information about this software can be found on  the
     open  source  community  website  at http://www.linuxfounda-
     tion.org/collaborate/workgroups/openprinting/data-
     base/foomatic/.








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