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  9. <h1 class="title">ppdi(1)</h1>
  10. <h2 class="title"><a name="NAME">Name</a></h2>
  11. ppdi - import ppd files (deprecated)
  12. <h2 class="title"><a name="SYNOPSIS">Synopsis</a></h2>
  13. <b>ppdi</b>
  14. [
  15. <b>-I</b>
  16. <i>include-directory</i>
  17. ] [
  18. <b>-o</b>
  19. <i>source-file</i>
  20. ]
  21. <i>ppd-file</i>
  22. [ ...
  23. <i>ppd-file</i>
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  25. <h2 class="title"><a name="DESCRIPTION">Description</a></h2>
  26. <b>ppdi</b> imports one or more PPD files into a PPD compiler source file.
  27. Multiple languages of the same PPD file are merged into a single printer definition to facilitate accurate changes for all localizations.
  28. <b>This program is deprecated and will be removed in a future release of CUPS.</b>
  29. <h2 class="title"><a name="OPTIONS">Options</a></h2>
  30. <b>ppdi</b> supports the following options:
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  32. <dt><b>-I </b><i>include-directory</i>
  33. <dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Specifies an alternate include directory.
  34. Multiple <i>-I</i> options can be supplied to add additional directories.
  35. <dt><b>-o </b><i>source-file</i>
  36. <dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Specifies the PPD source file to update.
  37. If the source file does not exist, a new source file is created.
  38. Otherwise the existing file is merged with the new PPD file(s) on the command-line.
  39. If no source file is specified, the filename <i>ppdi.drv</i> is used.
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  41. <h2 class="title"><a name="NOTES">Notes</a></h2>
  42. PPD files are deprecated and will no longer be supported in a future feature release of CUPS.
  43. Printers that do not support IPP can be supported using applications such as
  44. <b>ippeveprinter</b>(1).
  45. <h2 class="title"><a name="SEE_ALSO">See Also</a></h2>
  46. <b>ppdc</b>(1),
  47. <b>ppdhtml</b>(1),
  48. <b>ppdmerge</b>(1),
  49. <b>ppdpo</b>(1),
  50. <b>ppdcfile</b>(5),
  51. CUPS Online Help (<a href="http://localhost:631/help">http://localhost:631/help</a>)
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