FOOMATIC-PPDFILE(1)                                                                                          FOOMATIC-PPDFILE(1)



NAME
       foomatic-ppdfile - Generate a PPD file for a given printer/driver combo

SYNOPSIS
       foomatic-ppdfile [-w] [-d <driver>] -p <printerid>
       foomatic-ppdfile [-A] [-P pattern]
       foomatic-ppdfile -h


DESCRIPTION
       The  first form of the foomatic-ppdfile to compute the spooler-independent Foomatic PPD file for any valid printer/driver
       combo available in the Foomatic database, both for printing with foomatic-rip(1) and for applications/clients being  able
       to  access  the  printer's  options.   The  PPD  file is returned on standard ouput.  If the driver is not specified, the
       default driver is used.


       The second form of the foomatic-ppdfile program will search the printer database and return either all printer entries or
       those whose name and/or model information match a regular expression.


       The last form prints a help message and exits.


   Options
       -d drivername
            The  (optional) driver name to use.  If the driver name is not supplied, the default or first driver in the printers
            compatible driver list is used.


       -p   printer id The printer id.


       -w   Return a PPD file that conforms to the Microsoft Windows format limitations.


       -A   Return all printer entries in the database.


       -Ppattern
            Return all printer entries in the database which match the regular expression.




       SEE ALSO
              foomatic-rip(1)


EXIT STATUS
       foomatic-ppdfile returns 0 on success, 1 otherwise.


AUTHOR
       Manfred Wassmann <manoloATNCC-1701.de> for the foomatic project using output from the associated binary.

       Modified and updated by Patrick Powell <papowell at astart.com>.


BUGS
       None so far.

       Please post bug reports on

       http://lists.freestandards.org/mailman/listinfo/printing-foomatic




Foomatic Project                                           2001-05-07                                        FOOMATIC-PPDFILE(1)