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NAME
     cups-genppdupdate - update CUPS+Gutenprint PPD files

SYNOPSIS
     cups-genppdupdate  [-h]  [-n]  [-N]  [-q  |  -v]  [-s   ppd-
     directory] [-s output-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 templates.  The new  PPD
     file  replaces the old PPD file under /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 /etc/cups/ppd.  Other-
     wise, 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/gutenprint.   Under  this  direc-
          tory,  the  PPD  files  are  located  in subdirectories
          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.




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     -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 Adminis-
     trators Manual, http://localhost:631/documentation.html

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright cO  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 published by the Free Software  Foun-
     dation.

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





































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