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CUPS-GENPPDUPDATE(8)	     Gutenprint Manual Pages	    CUPS-GENPPDUPDATE(8)

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,  us-
     ing  the  PPD  files  under  /usr/local/share/cups/model/gutenprint as tem-
     plates.  The new  PPD  file  replaces  the  old  PPD  file  under	/usr/lo-
     cal/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 /usr/local/etc/cups/ppd.  Otherwise, cups-genppdup-
     date updates all files or queues listed on the command line.

     cups-genppdupdate does not update PPD files from Gimp-Print 4.2 or earlier.

     cups-genppdupdate does not restart cupsd.	cupsd will need manually reload-
     ing (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/local/share/cups/model/guten-
	    print.  Under this directory, the PPD files are located in subdirec-
	    tories 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 Manual,
     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 un-
     der the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2, as published by
     the Free Software Foundation.

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

Version 5.3.5			   12 Mar 2025		    CUPS-GENPPDUPDATE(8)

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