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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 out‐
       put-directory] [PPD-FILES or QUEUES...]

DESCRIPTION
       cups-genppdupdate regenerates the Gutenprint PPD files in use by	 CUPS,
       using  the  PPD	files  under /usr/local/share/cups/model/gutenprint as
       templates.   The	 new  PPD  file	 replaces  the	old  PPD  file	 under
       /usr/local/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-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/local/share/cups/model/gutenprint.  Under  this  directory,
	      the  PPD	files  are located in subdirectories according to lan‐
	      guage 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 Man‐
       ual, http://localhost:631/documentation.html

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright  ©   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 pub‐
       lished by the Free Software Foundation.

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

Version 5.2.10			  18 May 2014		  CUPS-GENPPDUPDATE(8)

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