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NAME

       cups-genppdupdate - update Gutenprint PPD files


SYNOPSIS

       cups-genppdupdate  [-h] [-n] [-N] [-q | -v] [-s ppd-directory] [-s out-
       put-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 tem-
       plates.  The new PPD  file  replaces  the  old  PPD  file  under  /pri-
       vate/etc/cups/ppd,  but  all  the  options  set  in the old PPD will be
       merged into the new PPD, provided 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    /private/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 directory is /usr/share/cups/model/guten-
              print.  Under this directory, the PPD files are located in  sub-
              directories 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 directory.

       -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 Man-
       ual, http://localhost:631/documentation.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  pub-
       lished by the Free Software Foundation.

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



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