CUPS-GENPPDCONFIG(8)

📦 version 5.0.1, in nixos 26.05, nixpkgs unstable

✨ CUPS-GENPPDCONFIG ✨

okay bestie, so the manual page you're looking for is cups-genppdconfig — it's this icon of a user-friendly interface that generates Gutenprint PPD files for use with CUPS 🎀✨

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

cups-genppdconfig [-d ppd_directory]
update-cups-genppd [-d pdd_directory]

(ngl the second one has a tiny typo in the original — pdd_directory instead of ppd_directory — but like, we're keeping it fr fr because accuracy is everything 💅)

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so cups-genppdconfig literally generates Gutenprint PPD files for use with CUPS 💖 the whole program is giving main character energy because it lets you pick the base directory where all those PPDs are gonna live, plus which printers and languages you want to include ✨ and the default settings? they're taken from the contents of the base directory, iykyk 🫶

⚠️ lowkey important warning bestie: unselecting an item will not remove it from the disk — it's giving "out of sight, out of mind" but like... it's still there 😭 if you actually want to remove unwanted printers and languages, you have to delete the files and directories respectively. periodt 💅

if dialog is installed, that's what gets used to create the user interface — and it's serving colour, 3D-look dialog boxes, the whole aesthetic ✨🌈 but if dialog cannot be found, perlmenu steps in to create a simpler (though functionally identical) interface — very much "we have dialog at home" energy 🙈💀

💅 OPTIONS 💅

  • -d ppd-directory — use ppd-directory as the base directory to create PPD files in. the default printer and language selections will also be obtained from this directory, bestie. by default, the base directory is /opt/gutenprint/ppds 🎀

🫶 SEE ALSO 🫶

Copyright © 2002-2003 Roger Leigh (rleigh@debian.org) — absolute icon, we stan 💜

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 Foundation 🦋

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

🌸🍓 a lil cute sign-off 🍓🌸

okay so that's literally it! this page is from Version 5.0.1, dated 17 Jun 2007 — vintage but iconic, like a fine wine or a really good mix CD 💿✨ no cap, the vibes are immaculate. now go forth and generate those PPDs bestie, you're gonna slay 🎀💅💖

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