Specifying Your Own PPD Files

When you use the lpadmin command with the -n option to specify a PPD file, you are required to provide the full path to the PPD file. If you choose to use a PPD file that is located in a different directory, you must specify the full path to that file.

For example, to specify the xyz.pdd PPD file that is located in the user's home directory, you would type the following command:

# lpadmin -p foo -n /home/user/stuff/xyz.ppd -m \
standard_foomatic -I postscript -v /device