foomatic-ppd-options

FOOMATIC-PPD-OPTIONS(1)                                FOOMATIC-PPD-OPTIONS(1)



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 key‐
       word, 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 


BUGS
       Probably.  But it has been tested.




Foomatic Project                  2003-09-16           FOOMATIC-PPD-OPTIONS(1)