ppdcfile(5)

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Description

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

See Also

Copyright