1FOOMATIC-PPDLOAD(8)         System Manager's Manual        FOOMATIC-PPDLOAD(8)
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NAME

6       foomatic-ppdload - <put a short description here>
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SYNOPSIS

9       foomatic-ppdload -h
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11       foomatic-ppdload filename.ppd printer-id
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13       foomatic-ppdload -R printer-id
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DESCRIPTION

17       foomatic-ppdload  takes  a  ppd filename and a printer ID as arguments.
18       It parses a PPD file and writes option data into the foomatic  database
19       for use with the foomatic "ppd" driver and that printer.
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21       With  the -R option you can remove a printer from the "ppd" driver, and
22       with -h a short help text is shown.
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24       Right now, it will handle Boolean and PickOne options that  go  in  the
25       Prolog,  DocumentSetup, or PageSetup spots.  Also, PPD interoption con‐
26       straints (not to be confused with foomatic option to printer and driver
27       mapping constraints) are not supported by foomatic.  And of course, the
28       interesting color and font information from the PPD has no place in the
29       current foomatic schema.  All this will change over time.
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EXIT STATUS

35       foomatic-ppdload returns ...
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AUTHOR

39       Manfred   Wassmann   <manolo@NCC-1701.B.Shuttle.de>  for  the  foomatic
40       project using output from the associated binary.
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BUGS

44       There are several limitations, but it's an interesting experiment.
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46       Please send bug reports to foomatic-devel@linuxprinting.org.
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50Foomatic Project                  2001-05-07               FOOMATIC-PPDLOAD(8)
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