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FOOMATIC-PPDFILE(1)	     General Commands Manual	     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 applica-
     tions/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  sup-
	  plied,  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  limi-
	  tations.

     -A   Return all printer entries in the database.

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

     SEE ALSO
	    foomatic-rip(1)

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

AUTHOR
     Manfred  Wassmann	<manolo@NCC-1701.B.Shuttle.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)

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