# ppdcfile

## NAME



           ppdcfile - cups ppd compiler source file format (deprecated)
    


## 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_
    


## NOTES



           PPD files are deprecated and will no longer be supported in a
           future feature release of CUPS.  Printers that do not support IPP
           can be supported using applications such as ippeveprinter(1).
    


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