1*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<!DOCTYPE HTML> 2*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<html> 3*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<!-- SECTION: Man Pages --> 4*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<head> 5*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../cups-printable.css"> 6*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker <title>ppdc(1)</title> 7*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker</head> 8*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<body> 9*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<h1 class="title">ppdc(1)</h1> 10*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<h2 class="title"><a name="NAME">Name</a></h2> 11*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Workerppdc - cups ppd compiler (deprecated) 12*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<h2 class="title"><a name="SYNOPSIS">Synopsis</a></h2> 13*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<b>ppdc</b> 14*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker[ 15*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<b>-D </b><i>name</i>[<b>=</b><i>value</i>] 16*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker] [ 17*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<b>-I</b> 18*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<i>include-directory</i> 19*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker] [ 20*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<b>-c</b> 21*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<i>message-catalog</i> 22*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker] [ 23*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<b>-d</b> 24*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<i>output-directory</i> 25*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker] [ 26*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<b>-l</b> 27*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<i>language(s)</i> 28*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker] [ 29*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<b>-m</b> 30*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker] [ 31*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<b>-t</b> 32*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker] [ 33*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<b>-v</b> 34*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker] [ 35*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<b>-z</b> 36*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker] [ 37*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<b>--cr</b> 38*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker] [ 39*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<b>--crlf</b> 40*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker] [ 41*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<b>--lf</b> 42*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker] 43*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<i>source-file</i> 44*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<h2 class="title"><a name="DESCRIPTION">Description</a></h2> 45*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<b>ppdc</b> compiles PPDC source files into one or more PPD files. 46*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<b>This program is deprecated and will be removed in a future release of CUPS.</b> 47*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<h2 class="title"><a name="OPTIONS">Options</a></h2> 48*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<b>ppdc</b> supports the following options: 49*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<dl class="man"> 50*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<dt><b>-D </b><i>name</i>[<b>=</b><i>value</i>] 51*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Sets the named variable for use in the source file. 52*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerIt is equivalent to using the <i>#define</i> directive in the source file. 53*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<dt><b>-I </b><i>include-directory</i> 54*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Specifies an alternate include directory. 55*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerMultiple <i>-I</i> options can be supplied to add additional directories. 56*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<dt><b>-c </b><i>message-catalog</i> 57*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Specifies a single message catalog file in GNU gettext (filename.po) or Apple strings (filename.strings) format to be used for localization. 58*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<dt><b>-d </b><i>output-directory</i> 59*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Specifies the output directory for PPD files. 60*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerThe default output directory is "ppd". 61*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<dt><b>-l </b><i>language(s)</i> 62*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Specifies one or more languages to use when localizing the PPD file(s). 63*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerThe default language is "en" (English). 64*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerSeparate multiple languages with commas, for example "de_DE,en_UK,es_ES,es_MX,es_US,fr_CA,fr_FR,it_IT" will create PPD files with German, UK English, Spanish (Spain, Mexico, and US), French (France and Canada), and Italian languages in each file. 65*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<dt><b>-m</b> 66*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Specifies that the output filename should be based on the ModelName value instead of FileName or PCFilenName. 67*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<dt><b>-t</b> 68*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Specifies that PPD files should be tested instead of generated. 69*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<dt><b>-v</b> 70*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Specifies verbose output, basically a running status of which files are being loaded or written. 71*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<b>-z</b> 72*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerGenerates compressed PPD files (filename.ppd.gz). 73*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerThe default is to generate uncompressed PPD files. 74*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<dt><b>--cr</b> 75*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em"><dt><b>--crlf</b> 76*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em"><dt><b>--lf</b> 77*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Specifies the line ending to use - carriage return, carriage return and line feed, or line feed alone. 78*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerThe default is to use the line feed character alone. 79*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker</dl> 80*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<h2 class="title"><a name="NOTES">Notes</a></h2> 81*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerPPD files are deprecated and will no longer be supported in a future feature release of CUPS. 82*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerPrinters that do not support IPP can be supported using applications such as 83*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<b>ippeveprinter</b>(1). 84*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<h2 class="title"><a name="SEE_ALSO">See Also</a></h2> 85*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<b>ppdhtml</b>(1), 86*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<b>ppdi</b>(1), 87*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<b>ppdmerge</b>(1), 88*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<b>ppdpo</b>(1), 89*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<b>ppdcfile</b>(5), 90*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerCUPS Online Help (<a href="http://localhost:631/help">http://localhost:631/help</a>) 91*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<h2 class="title"><a name="COPYRIGHT">Copyright</a></h2> 92*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerCopyright © 2007-2019 by Apple Inc. 93*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker 94*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker</body> 95*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker</html> 96