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| .TH ppdi 1 "CUPS" "26 April 2019" "Apple Inc." |
| .SH NAME |
| ppdi \- import ppd files (deprecated) |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .B ppdi |
| [ |
| .B \-I |
| .I include-directory |
| ] [ |
| .B \-o |
| .I source-file |
| ] |
| .I ppd-file |
| [ ... |
| .I ppd-file |
| ] |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| \fBppdi\fR imports one or more PPD files into a PPD compiler source file. |
| Multiple languages of the same PPD file are merged into a single printer definition to facilitate accurate changes for all localizations. |
| \fBThis program is deprecated and will be removed in a future release of CUPS.\fR |
| .SH OPTIONS |
| \fBppdi\fR supports the following options: |
| .TP 5 |
| \fB\-I \fIinclude-directory\fR |
| Specifies an alternate include directory. |
| Multiple \fI-I\fR options can be supplied to add additional directories. |
| .TP 5 |
| \fB\-o \fIsource-file\fR |
| Specifies the PPD source file to update. |
| If the source file does not exist, a new source file is created. |
| Otherwise the existing file is merged with the new PPD file(s) on the command-line. |
| If no source file is specified, the filename \fIppdi.drv\fR is used. |
| .SH 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 |
| .BR ippeveprinter (1). |
| .SH SEE ALSO |
| .BR ppdc (1), |
| .BR ppdhtml (1), |
| .BR ppdmerge (1), |
| .BR ppdpo (1), |
| .BR ppdcfile (5), |
| CUPS Online Help (http://localhost:631/help) |
| .SH COPYRIGHT |
| Copyright \[co] 2007-2019 by Apple Inc. |
