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.\"
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.\" ppdc man page for CUPS.
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.\"
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.\" Copyright © 2007-2019 by Apple Inc.
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.\" Copyright © 1997-2007 by Easy Software Products.
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.\"
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.\" Licensed under Apache License v2.0. See the file "LICENSE" for more
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.\" information.
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.\"
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.TH ppdc 1 "CUPS" "26 April 2019" "Apple Inc."
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.SH NAME
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ppdc \- cups ppd compiler (deprecated)
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B ppdc
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[
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\fB\-D \fIname\fR[\fB=\fIvalue\fR]
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.B \-I
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.I include-directory
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] [
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.B \-c
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.I message-catalog
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] [
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.B \-d
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.I output-directory
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] [
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.B \-l
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.I language(s)
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] [
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.B \-m
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] [
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.B \-t
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] [
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.B \-v
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] [
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.B \-z
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] [
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.B \-\-cr
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] [
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.B \-\-crlf
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] [
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.B \-\-lf
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]
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.I source-file
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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\fBppdc\fR compiles PPDC source files into one or more PPD files.
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\fBThis program is deprecated and will be removed in a future release of CUPS.\fR
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.SH OPTIONS
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\fBppdc\fR supports the following options:
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.TP 5
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\fB\-D \fIname\fR[\fB=\fIvalue\fR]
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Sets the named variable for use in the source file.
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It is equivalent to using the \fI#define\fR directive in the source file.
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.TP 5
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\fB\-I \fIinclude-directory\fR
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Specifies an alternate include directory.
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Multiple \fI-I\fR options can be supplied to add additional directories.
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.TP 5
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\fB\-c \fImessage-catalog\fR
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Specifies a single message catalog file in GNU gettext (filename.po) or Apple strings (filename.strings) format to be used for localization.
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.TP 5
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\fB\-d \fIoutput-directory\fR
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Specifies the output directory for PPD files.
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The default output directory is "ppd".
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.TP 5
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\fB\-l \fIlanguage(s)\fR
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Specifies one or more languages to use when localizing the PPD file(s).
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The default language is "en" (English).
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Separate multiple languages with commas, for example "de_DE,en_UK,es_ES,es_MX,es_US,fr_CA,fr_FR,it_IT" will create PPD files with German, UK English, Spanish (Spain, Mexico, and US), French (France and Canada), and Italian languages in each file.
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.TP 5
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.B \-m
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Specifies that the output filename should be based on the ModelName value instead of FileName or PCFilenName.
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.TP 5
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.B \-t
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Specifies that PPD files should be tested instead of generated.
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.TP 5
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.B \-v
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Specifies verbose output, basically a running status of which files are being loaded or written.
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.B \-z
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Generates compressed PPD files (filename.ppd.gz).
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The default is to generate uncompressed PPD files.
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.TP 5
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\fB\-\-cr\fR
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.TP 5
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\fB\-\-crlf\fR
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.TP 5
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\fB\-\-lf\fR
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Specifies the line ending to use - carriage return, carriage return and line feed, or line feed alone.
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The default is to use the line feed character alone.
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.SH NOTES
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PPD files are deprecated and will no longer be supported in a future feature release of CUPS.
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Printers that do not support IPP can be supported using applications such as
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.BR ippeveprinter (1).
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.BR ppdhtml (1),
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.BR ppdi (1),
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.BR ppdmerge (1),
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.BR ppdpo (1),
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.BR ppdcfile (5),
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CUPS Online Help (http://localhost:631/help)
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.SH COPYRIGHT
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Copyright \[co] 2007-2019 by Apple Inc.
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