NAME
foomatic-ppdfile - Generate a PPD file for a given printer/driver combo
SYNOPSIS
foomatic-ppdfile [-w] [-d <driver>] -p <printerid>
foomatic-ppdfile [-A] [-P pattern]
foomatic-ppdfile -h
DESCRIPTION
The first form of the foomatic-ppdfile to compute the spooler-
independent Foomatic PPD file for any valid printer/driver combo
available in the Foomatic database, both for printing with foomatic-
rip(1) and for applications/clients being able to access the printer's
options. The PPD file is returned on standard ouput. If the driver is
not specified, the default driver is used.
The second form of the foomatic-ppdfile program will search the printer
database and return either all printer entries or those whose name
and/or model information match a regular expression.
The last form prints a help message and exits.
Options
-d drivername
The (optional) driver name to use. If the driver name is not
supplied, the default or first driver in the printers compatible
driver list is used.
-p printer id The printer id.
-w Return a PPD file that conforms to the Microsoft Windows format
limitations.
-A Return all printer entries in the database.
-Ppattern
Return all printer entries in the database which match the regular
expression.
SEE ALSO
foomatic-rip(1)
EXIT STATUS
foomatic-ppdfile returns 0 on success, 1 otherwise.
AUTHOR
Manfred Wassmann <manolo@NCC-1701.B.Shuttle.de> for the foomatic
project using output from the associated binary.
Modified and updated by Patrick Powell <papowell at astart.com>.
BUGS
None so far.
Please post bug reports on
http://lists.freestandards.org/mailman/listinfo/printing-foomatic