cups-genppd(8)

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NAME

6       cups-genppd - generate Gutenprint PPD files for use with CUPS
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SYNOPSIS

9       cups-genppd  [-c  localedir]  [-l  locale] [-p prefix] [-q] [-v] model1
10       [model2, ...modeln]
11       cups-genppd -L [-c localedir]
12       cups-genppd -M [-v]
13       cups-genppd -h
14       cups-genppd -V
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DESCRIPTION

17       cups-genppd generates Gutenprint PPD files  for  use  with  CUPS.   The
18       default  behavior is to output PPD files for all models of printer that
19       the Gutenprint printer driver library supports.  You may  restrict  the
20       models  by  listing  either  the  driver names or the full names of the
21       printers you wish to generate PPD files for after any  options.   Addi‐
22       tionally,  the  PPD files may be localised, that is, translated, to use
23       your native language rather than US English.   There  are  commands  to
24       find out what printer models and languages are supported.
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EXAMPLES

27       cups-genppd -v bjc-6200 'Epson Stylus Photo 1280' 'HP DeskJet 850C'
28              verbosely  generate  three PPD files, listing the driver name in
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31       LANG=de_DE genppd -p ppd -c /usr/share/locale
32              generate PPDs for all available models, in directory  ppd  using
33              the  locale data found under /usr/share/locale.  The language to
34              use is taken from the environment (de_DE).
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36       cups-genppd -L -c /usr/local/share/locale
37              list available languages  using  the  locale  data  found  under
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40       cups-genppd -M -v
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COMMANDS

44       -h     show a help message
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46       -L     list  available translations (message catalogs).  If a locale is
47              used for which there is not a  corresponding  translation,  then
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50       -M     list  available  printer  models.  By default, only driver names
51              are listed; if verbose mode is used, the full  model  name  will
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56              The default behavior is to output PPDs if no command is given.
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OPTIONS

59       -c localedir
60              use localedir as the base directory for locale data
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63              output  PPDs  translated  with  messages  for locale.  Note that
64              locale must be a locale as shown by locale -a.  For example, the
65              de  translation  is  used by the de_DE locale; de alone will not
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68       -p prefix
69              output PPDs in directory prefix.   Directories  are  not  recur‐
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72       -q     Quiet mode.
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76       models a list of printer models, either the driver or quoted full name.
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COPYRIGHT

83       Copyright ©  1992-2002 Michael Sweet (mike@easysw.com)
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85       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
86       under  the  terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2, as pub‐
87       lished by the Free Software Foundation.
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89       This manual page was written by Roger Leigh (rleigh@debian.org).
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93Version 5.3.4                     06 Dec 2020                   CUPS-GENPPD(8)