ppdi(1)

💖 ppdi — bestie edition 💖

okay so real talk, this is ppdi from OpenPrinting, section 1 of the manual, and she is deprecated — like, retirement-party deprecated. but we still gotta know her, so let's go 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

ppdi — import ppd files (deprecated, she's on her way out bestie) 😭

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

ppdi [ -I include-directory ] [ -o source-file ] ppd-file [ ...  ppd-
file ]

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so ppdi imports one or more PPD files into a PPD compiler source file. it's giving "glow up your printer definitions" energy ✨

here's the cute part: multiple languages of the same PPD file get merged into a single printer definition, which makes it way easier to make accurate changes across all your localizations at once. one definition, all the languages, no cap 💅

⚠️ WARNING ⚠️ this program is deprecated and will be removed in a future release of CUPS. she's iconic but she's leaving. periodt 💀

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💅 OPTIONS 💅

ppdi supports the following options, bestie — there are only two, we love a low-maintenance queen 👑

• -I include-directory — specifies an alternate include directory. and yes, you can stack it: multiple -I options can be supplied to add additional directories, so go off, add as many as your heart desires 🌈
• -o source-file — specifies the PPD source file to update. if the source file doesn't exist, a brand new source file gets created (main character origin story ✨). otherwise, the existing file is merged with the new PPD file(s) you passed on the command-line. and if you don't specify a source file at all? it just uses the filename ppdi.drv. default behavior, she's reliable like that 🎀

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🧚 NOTES 🧚

PPD files are deprecated and will no longer be supported in a future feature release of CUPS. 😭

printers that don't support IPP can still be supported using applications such as ippveprinter(1) — so don't panic, there's a whole other path, iykyk 🫶

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

go read these too, they're all in the fam:

• ppdc(1)
• ppdhtml(1)
• ppdmerge(1)
• ppdpo(1)
• ppdcfile(5)
• CUPS Online Help (http://localhost:631/help)

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⭐ COPYRIGHT ⭐

Copyright © 2020-2024 by OpenPrinting.

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and that's the whole page bestie 💖 this one came from the CUPS crew at OpenPrinting, dated 2021-02-28, and she is literally section ppdi(1) of the manual. slay, stay safe, and remember — deprecated doesn't mean forgotten 🌸🦋✨