foomatic-ppd-options (1) Linux Manual Page

NAME

foomatic-ppd-options – show the PPD options

SYNOPSIS

foomatic-ppd-options [-d=debuglevel] [ ppdfiles ]

DESCRIPTION

The foomatic-ppd-options program reads the specified PPD files or stdin and decodes the PPD file to produce a list of options. This is really just a text based version of other print configuration tools.

The output format consists of a set of lines, each starting with a keyword, followed by a set of options and the default value. For example:

makemodel = Tektronix Phaser 350 Foomatic / Postscript(recommended)
                                                name = PageSize;
default = Letter;
options = Letter(US Letter),
    A4(A4), 11x17(11x17), A3(A3), A5(A5), B5(B5 \(JIS\)), ... name = PageRegion;
default = Letter;
options = Letter(US Letter), A4(A4), ...

Each option starts with the name tag, followed by a default value (if any), followed by the set of options and a comment describing them. Punctuation in the comment is escaped.

Options

-ddebuglevel

Set the debug level. 0 disables debug messages.

[ files ]

The list of PPD files to read for options. A ‘-‘ causes STDIN to be read.

EXIT STATUS

foomatic-ppd-options exits with a 0 status if successful, and nonzero if an error. An error message is also printed on standard error (STDERR).

AUTHOR

Patrick Powell <papowell at astart.com>

BUGS

Probably. But it has been tested.

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