This is the command foomatic-ppdfile that can be run in the OnWorks free hosting provider using one of our multiple free online workstations such as Ubuntu Online, Fedora Online, Windows online emulator or MAC OS online emulator
PROGRAM:
NAME
foomatic-ppdfile - Generate a PPD file for a given printer/driver combo
SYNOPSIS
foomatic-ppdfile [-w] [-d <driver>] -p <printerid>
foomatic-ppdfile [-A] [-P pattern]
foomatic-ppdfile -h
DESCRIPTION
The first form of the foomatic-ppdfile to compute the spooler-independent Foomatic PPD
file for any valid printer/driver combo available in the Foomatic database, both for
printing with foomatic-rip(1) and for applications/clients being able to access the
printer's options. The PPD file is returned on standard ouput. If the driver is not
specified, the default driver is used.
The second form of the foomatic-ppdfile program will search the printer database and
return either all printer entries or those whose name and/or model information match a
regular expression.
The last form prints a help message and exits.
Options
-d drivername
The (optional) driver name to use. If the driver name is not supplied, the default
or first driver in the printers compatible driver list is used.
-p printer id The printer id.
-w Return a PPD file that conforms to the Microsoft Windows format limitations.
-A Return all printer entries in the database.
-Ppattern
Return all printer entries in the database which match the regular expression.
SEE ALSO
foomatic-rip(1)
EXIT STATUS
foomatic-ppdfile returns 0 on success, 1 otherwise.
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