ppdcfile

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NAME

ppdcfile - cups ppd compiler source file format (deprecated)  

DESCRIPTION

The CUPS PPD compiler reads meta files that contain descriptions of one or more PPD files to be generated by ppdc(1). This man page provides a quick reference to the supported keywords and should be used in conjunction with the online help for CUPS.

The source file format is plain ASCII text that can be edited using your favorite text editor. Comments are supported using the C (/* ... */) and C++ (// ...) comment mechanisms.

Printer driver information can be grouped and shared using curly braces ({ ... }); PPD files are written when a close brace or en-o-file is seen and a PCFileName directive has been defined.

Directives may be placed anywhere on a line and are followed by one or more values. The following is a list of the available directives and the values they accept:

#define name value

#elif {name | value}

#else

#endif

#font name encoding "version" charset status

#if {name | value}

#include <filename>

#include "filename"

#media name width length

#media "name/text" width length

#po locale "filename"

Attribute name "" value

Attribute name keyword value

Attribute name "keyword/text" value

Choice name "code"

Choice "name/text" "code"

ColorDevice boolea-value

ColorModel name colorspace colororder compression

ColorModel "name/text" colorspace colororder compression

ColorProfile resolution/mediatype gamma density matrix

Copyright "text"

CustomMedia name width length left bottom right top "siz-code" "regio-code"

CustomMedia "name/text" width length left bottom right top "siz-code" "regio-code"

Cutter boolea-value

Darkness temperature name

Darkness temperature "name/text"

DriverType type

Duplex type

Filter mim-type cost program

Finishing name

Finishing "name/text"

Font *

Font name encoding "version" charset status

Group name

Group "name/text"

HWMargins left bottom right top

InputSlot position name

InputSlot position "name/text"

Installable name

Installable "name/text"

LocAttribute name "keyword/text" value

ManualCopies boolea-value

Manufacturer "name"

MaxSize width length

MediaSize name

MediaType type name

MediaType type "name/text"

MinSize width length

ModelName "name"

ModelNumber number

Option name type section order

Option "name/text" type section order

PCFileName "filename.ppd"

Resolution colorspace bit-pe-color ro-count ro-feed ro-step name

Resolution colorspace bit-pe-color ro-count ro-feed ro-step "name/text"

SimpleColorProfile resolution/mediatype density yello-density re-density gamma re-adjust gree-adjust blu-adjust

Throughput page-pe-minute

UIConstraints "*Option1 *Option2"

UIConstraints "*Option1 Choice1 *Option2"

UIConstraints "*Option1 *Option2 Choice2"

UIConstraints "*Option1 Choice1 *Option2 Choice2"

VariablePaperSize boolea-value

Version number

 

NOTES

PPD files are deprecated and will no longer be supported in a future feature release of CUPS. Printers that do not support IPP can be supported using applications such as ippeveprinter(1).  

SEE ALSO

ppdc(1), ppdhtml(1), ppdi(1), ppdmerge(1), ppdpo(1), CUPS Online Help (http://localhost:631/help)  

COPYRIGHT

Copyright [co] 202-2024 by OpenPrinting.

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