foomatic-ppdload

FOOMATIC-PPDLOAD(8)                                        FOOMATIC-PPDLOAD(8)



NAME
       foomatic-ppdload - <put a short description here>

SYNOPSIS
       foomatic-ppdload -h

       foomatic-ppdload filename.ppd printer-id

       foomatic-ppdload -R printer-id


DESCRIPTION
       foomatic-ppdload  takes  a  ppd filename and a printer ID as arguments.
       It parses a PPD file and writes option data into the foomatic  database
       for use with the foomatic "ppd" driver and that printer.

       With  the -R option you can remove a printer from the "ppd" driver, and
       with -h a short help text is shown.

       Right now, it will handle Boolean and PickOne options that  go  in  the
       Prolog,  DocumentSetup, or PageSetup spots.  Also, PPD interoption con-
       straints (not to be confused with foomatic option to printer and driver
       mapping constraints) are not supported by foomatic.  And of course, the
       interesting color and font information from the PPD has no place in the
       current foomatic schema.  All this will change over time.




EXIT STATUS
       foomatic-ppdload returns ...


AUTHOR
       Manfred   Wassmann   <manolo@NCC-1701.B.Shuttle.de>  for  the  foomatic
       project using output from the associated binary.


BUGS
       There are several limitations, but it's an interesting experiment.

       Please send bug reports to foomatic-devel@linuxprinting.org.



Foomatic Project                  2001-05-07               FOOMATIC-PPDLOAD(8)