ppdcfile - cups ppd compiler source file format (deprecated)
The CUPS PPD compiler reads meta files that contain descriptions of one or more
PPD files to be generated by
ppdc(1). This man page provides a quick
reference to the supported keywords and should be used in conjunction with the
online help for CUPS.
The source file format is plain ASCII text that can be edited using your
favorite text editor. Comments are supported using the C (/* ... */) and C++
(// ...) comment mechanisms.
Printer driver information can be grouped and shared using curly braces ({ ...
}); PPD files are written when a close brace or end-of-file is seen and a
PCFileName directive has been defined.
Directives may be placed anywhere on a line and are followed by one or more
values. The following is a list of the available directives and the values
they accept:
-
#define name value
-
#elif {name | value}
- #else
- #endif
-
#font name encoding "version" charset
status
-
#if {name | value}
-
#include <filename>
-
#include "filename"
-
#media name width length
-
#media "name/text"
width length
-
#po locale
"filename"
-
Attribute name ""
value
-
Attribute name keyword value
-
Attribute name
"keyword/ text"
value
-
Choice name
"code"
-
Choice
"name/text"
"code "
-
ColorDevice boolean-value
-
ColorModel name colorspace colororder
compression
-
ColorModel
"name/text" colorspace
colororder compression
-
ColorProfile resolution/mediatype
gamma density matrix
-
Copyright "text"
-
CustomMedia name width length left bottom right
top "size-code"
"region-code"
-
CustomMedia
"name/text" width length left
bottom right top "size-code"
"region-code "
-
Cutter boolean-value
-
Darkness temperature name
-
Darkness temperature
"name/text"
-
DriverType type
-
Duplex type
-
Filter mime-type cost program
-
Finishing name
-
Finishing
"name/text"
- Font *
-
Font name encoding
"version " charset status
-
Group name
-
Group
"name/text"
-
HWMargins left bottom right top
-
InputSlot position name
-
InputSlot position
"name/text"
-
Installable name
-
Installable
"name/text"
-
LocAttribute name
"keyword/text"
value
-
ManualCopies boolean-value
-
Manufacturer "name"
-
MaxSize width length
-
MediaSize name
-
MediaType type name
-
MediaType type
"name/ text"
-
MinSize width length
-
ModelName "name"
-
ModelNumber number
-
Option name type section order
-
Option "name/text"
type section order
-
PCFileName
"filename.ppd"
-
Resolution colorspace bits-per-color row-count
row-feed row-step name
-
Resolution colorspace bits-per-color row-count
row-feed row-step
"name/text"
-
SimpleColorProfile
resolution/mediatype density yellow-density red-density
gamma red-adjust green-adjust blue-adjust
-
Throughput pages-per-minute
-
UIConstraints "*Option1
*Option2"
-
UIConstraints "*Option1 Choice1
*Option2"
-
UIConstraints "*Option1 *Option2
Choice2"
-
UIConstraints "*Option1 Choice1 *Option2
Choice2 "
-
VariablePaperSize boolean-value
-
Version number
PPD files are deprecated and will no longer be supported in a future feature
release of CUPS. Printers that do not support IPP can be supported using
applications such as
ippeveprinter(1).
ppdc(1),
ppdhtml(1),
ppdi(1),
ppdmerge(1),
ppdpo(1), CUPS Online Help (http://localhost:631/help)
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