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| 2 | .\" ppdmerge man page for CUPS. |
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| 10 | .TH ppdmerge 1 "CUPS" "26 April 2019" "Apple Inc." |
| 11 | .SH NAME |
| 12 | ppdmerge \- merge ppd files (deprecated) |
| 13 | .SH SYNOPSIS |
| 14 | .B ppdmerge |
| 15 | [ |
| 16 | .B \-o |
| 17 | .I output-ppd-file |
| 18 | ] |
| 19 | .I ppd-file |
| 20 | .I ppd-file |
| 21 | [ ... |
| 22 | .I ppd-file |
| 23 | ] |
| 24 | .SH DESCRIPTION |
| 25 | \fBppdmerge\fR merges two or more PPD files into a single, multi-language |
| 26 | PPD file. |
| 27 | \fBThis program is deprecated and will be removed in a future release of CUPS.\fR |
| 28 | .SH OPTIONS |
| 29 | \fBppdmerge\fR supports the following options: |
| 30 | .TP |
| 31 | \fB\-o \fIoutput-ppd-file\fR |
| 32 | Specifies the PPD file to create. |
| 33 | If not specified, the merged PPD file is written to the standard output. |
| 34 | If the output file already exists, it is silently overwritten. |
| 35 | .SH NOTES |
| 36 | PPD files are deprecated and will no longer be supported in a future feature release of CUPS. |
| 37 | Printers that do not support IPP can be supported using applications such as |
| 38 | .BR ippeveprinter (1). |
| 39 | .LP |
| 40 | \fBppdmerge\fR does not check whether the merged PPD files are for the same device. |
| 41 | Merging of different device PPDs will yield unpredictable results. |
| 42 | .SH SEE ALSO |
| 43 | .BR ppdc (1), |
| 44 | .BR ppdhtml (1), |
| 45 | .BR ppdi (1), |
| 46 | .BR ppdpo (1), |
| 47 | .BR ppdcfile (5), |
| 48 | CUPS Online Help (http://localhost:631/help) |
| 49 | .SH COPYRIGHT |
| 50 | Copyright \[co] 2007-2019 by Apple Inc. |