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CUPS-GENPPDUPDATE(8)                       Gutenprint Manual Pages                      CUPS-GENPPDUPDATE(8)



NAME
       cups-genppdupdate - update Gutenprint PPD files

SYNOPSIS
       cups-genppdupdate  [-h]  [-n]  [-N]  [-q | -v] [-s ppd-directory] [-s output-directory] [PPD-FILES or
       QUEUES...]

DESCRIPTION
       cups-genppdupdate regenerates the Gutenprint PPD files in use by CUPS,  using  the  PPD  files  under
       /usr/share/cups/model/gutenprint  as  templates.   The  new  PPD file replaces the old PPD file under
       /private/etc/cups/ppd, but all the options set in the old PPD will be merged into the new  PPD,  pro-vided provided
       vided that they are still valid in the new file.

       If no files or queue names are specified, cups-genppdupdate updates all Gutenprint PPD files in /pri-vate/etc/cups/ppd. /private/etc/cups/ppd.
       vate/etc/cups/ppd.  Otherwise, cups-genppdupdate updates all files or queues listed  on  the  command
       line.

       cups-genppdupdate does not update Foomatic PPD files or PPD files from Gimp-Print 4.2 or earlier.

       cups-genppdupdate  does  not restart cupsd.  cupsd will need manually reloading (or send SIGHUP) once
       cups-genppdupdate has completed.

OPTIONS
       -h     Show a help message.

       -n     No action.  The program will run, but the old PPD files will not be replaced.

       -q     Quiet mode.  No messages will be issued, apart from errors.

       -v     Verbose mode.  More informative messages will be issued.  Note that extremely  verbose  output
              may  be turned on by setting $debug=1 in the source, but this output will not be of use to the
              average user.

       -s ppd-directory
              Use ppd-directory as the base directory to read PPD files from.  By default, the  base  direc-tory directory
              tory  is /usr/share/cups/model/gutenprint.  Under this directory, the PPD files are located in
              subdirectories according to language code and territory.

       -o output-directory
              Place updated PPD files in output-directory.  By default, this is the same as the input direc-tory. directory.
              tory.

       -N     Reset all options to their defaults (do not merge options from the current PPD file)

SEE ALSO
       cups-genppd(8), cups-genppdconfig(8), CUPS Software Administrators Manual, http://localhost:631/docu-
       mentation.html

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C)  2002-2006 Roger Leigh (rleigh@debian.org) and Robert Krawitz (rlk@alum.mit.edu)

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms  of  the  GNU
       General Public License, version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.

       This manual page was written by Roger Leigh (rleigh@debian.org).



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