ppdcfile(5) — Linux manual page

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ppdcfile(5)                    Apple Inc.                    ppdcfile(5)

NAME         top

       ppdcfile - cups ppd compiler source file format (deprecated)

DESCRIPTION         top

       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
       end-of-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 boolean-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 "size-code"
       "region-code"

       CustomMedia "name/text" width length left bottom right top "size-
       code" "region-code"

       Cutter boolean-value

       Darkness temperature name

       Darkness temperature "name/text"

       DriverType type

       Duplex type

       Filter mime-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 boolean-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 bits-per-color row-count row-feed row-step
       name

       Resolution colorspace bits-per-color row-count row-feed row-step
       "name/text"

       SimpleColorProfile resolution/mediatype density yellow-density
       red-density gamma red-adjust green-adjust blue-adjust

       Throughput pages-per-minute

       UIConstraints "*Option1 *Option2"

       UIConstraints "*Option1 Choice1 *Option2"

       UIConstraints "*Option1 *Option2 Choice2"

       UIConstraints "*Option1 Choice1 *Option2 Choice2"

       VariablePaperSize boolean-value

       Version number

NOTES         top

       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         top

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

COPYRIGHT         top

       Copyright © 2007-2019 by Apple Inc.

COLOPHON         top

       This page is part of the CUPS (a standards-based, open source
       printing system) project.  Information about the project can be
       found at ⟨http://www.cups.org/⟩.  If you have a bug report for
       this manual page, see ⟨http://www.cups.org/⟩.  This page was
       obtained from the project's upstream Git repository
       ⟨https://github.com/apple/cups⟩ on 2023-12-22.  (At that time,
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26 April 2019                     CUPS                       ppdcfile(5)

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