NAME¶
ppdcfile - cups ppd compiler source file format
DESCRIPTION¶
The CUPS PPD compiler reads meta files that contain descriptions of one or more
PPD files to be generated by
ppdc(1). This man page provides a quick
reference to the supported keywords and should be used in conjunction with the
online help for CUPS.
The source file format is plain ASCII text that can be edited using your
favorite text editor. Comments are supported using the C (/* ... */) and C++
(// ...) comment mechanisms.
Printer driver information can be grouped and shared using curly braces ({ ...
}); PPD files are written when a close brace or end-of-file is seen and a
PCFileName directive has been defined.
Directives may be placed anywhere on a line and are followed by one or more
values. The following is a list of the available directives and the values
they accept:
- #define name value
- #elif {name | value}
- #else
- #endif
- #font name encoding "version" charset status
- #if {name | value}
- #include <filename>
- #include "filename"
- #media name width length
- #media "name/text" width
length
- #po locale "filename"
- Attribute name "" value
- Attribute name keyword value
- Attribute name
"keyword/text "
value
- Choice name "code"
- Choice "name/text"
" code"
- ColorDevice boolean-value
- ColorModel name colorspace colororder compression
- ColorModel "name/text"
colorspace colororder compression
- ColorProfile resolution/mediatype gamma density
matrix
- Copyright "text"
- CustomMedia name width length left bottom right top
" size-code"
"region-code"
- CustomMedia "name/text"
width length left bottom right top
"size-code"
"region-code"
- Cutter boolean-value
- Darkness temperature name
- Darkness temperature
"name/text "
- DriverType type
- Duplex type
- Filter mime-type cost program
- Finishing name
- Finishing "name/text"
- Font *
- Font name encoding "version"
charset status
- Group name
- Group "name/text"
- HWMargins left bottom right top
- InputSlot position name
- InputSlot position
"name/text "
- Installable name
- Installable "name/text"
- LocAttribute name
"keyword/text "
value
- ManualCopies boolean-value
- Manufacturer "name"
- MaxSize width length
- MediaSize name
- MediaType type name
- MediaType type
"name/text"
- MinSize width length
- ModelName "name"
- ModelNumber number
- Option name type section order
- Option "name/text" type
section order
- PCFileName "filename.ppd"
- Resolution colorspace bits-per-color row-count row-feed row-step
name
- Resolution colorspace bits-per-color row-count row-feed row-step
"name/text"
- SimpleColorProfile resolution/mediatype density
yellow-density red-density gamma red-adjust green-adjust
blue-adjust
- Throughput pages-per-minute
- UIConstraints "*Option1 *Option2"
- UIConstraints "*Option1 Choice1
*Option2"
- UIConstraints "*Option1 *Option2
Choice2"
- UIConstraints "*Option1 Choice1 *Option2
Choice2"
- VariablePaperSize boolean-value
- Version number
SEE ALSO¶
ppdc(1),
ppdhtml(1),
ppdi(1),
ppdmerge(1),
ppdpo(1), CUPS Online Help (
http://localhost:631/help)
COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright © 2007-2016 by Apple Inc.