foomatic-ppdfile - Generate a PPD file for a given printer/driver combo
foomatic-ppdfile [-w] [-d <driver>] -p <printerid> foomatic-ppdfile [-A] [-P pattern] foomatic-ppdfile -h
FOOMATIC-PPDFILE(1) General Commands Manual 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-indepen-
dent Foomatic PPD file for any valid printer/driver combo available in
the Foomatic database, both for printing with foomatic-rip(1) and for
applications/clients being able to access the printer's options. The
PPD file is returned on standard ouput. If the driver is not speci-
fied, 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 sup-
plied, 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 Windows format
limitations.
-A Return all printer entries in the database.
-Ppattern
Return all printer entries in the database which match the regular
expression.
ATTRIBUTES
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 <manolo@NCC-1701.B.Shuttle.de> 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.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/work-
groups/openprinting/database/foomatic/.
Foomatic Project 2001-05-07 FOOMATIC-PPDFILE(1)