1FOOMATIC-PPDFILE(1)         General Commands Manual        FOOMATIC-PPDFILE(1)
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NAME

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

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

15       The  first form of the foomatic-ppdfile to compute the spooler-indepen‐
16       dent Foomatic PPD file for any valid printer/driver combo available  in
17       the  Foomatic  database, both for printing with foomatic-rip(1) and for
18       applications/clients being able to access the printer's  options.   The
19       PPD  file  is  returned on standard ouput.  If the driver is not speci‐
20       fied, the default driver is used.
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23       The second form of the foomatic-ppdfile program will search the printer
24       database  and  return  either  all  printer entries or those whose name
25       and/or model information match a regular expression.
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31   Options
32       -d drivername
33            The (optional) driver name to use.  If the driver name is not sup‐
34            plied,  the  default  or  first  driver in the printers compatible
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41       -w   Return a PPD file that conforms to the  Microsoft  Windows  format
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49            Return all printer entries in the database which match the regular
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55       SEE ALSO
56              foomatic-rip(1)
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EXIT STATUS

60       foomatic-ppdfile returns 0 on success, 1 otherwise.
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AUTHOR

64       Manfred  Wassmann  <manolo@NCC-1701.B.Shuttle.de>  for   the   foomatic
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BUGS

71       None so far.
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80Foomatic Project                  2001-05-07               FOOMATIC-PPDFILE(1)
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