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9<h1 class="title">ppdmerge(1)</h1>
10<h2 class="title"><a name="NAME">Name</a></h2>
11ppdmerge - merge ppd files (deprecated)
12<h2 class="title"><a name="SYNOPSIS">Synopsis</a></h2>
13<b>ppdmerge</b>
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15<b>-o</b>
16<i>output-ppd-file</i>
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18<i>ppd-file</i>
19<i>ppd-file</i>
20[ ...
21<i>ppd-file</i>
22]
23<h2 class="title"><a name="DESCRIPTION">Description</a></h2>
24<b>ppdmerge</b> merges two or more PPD files into a single, multi-language
25PPD file.
26<b>This program is deprecated and will be removed in a future release of CUPS.</b>
27<h2 class="title"><a name="OPTIONS">Options</a></h2>
28<b>ppdmerge</b> supports the following options:
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30<dt><b>-o </b><i>output-ppd-file</i>
31<dd style="margin-left: 3.0em">Specifies the PPD file to create.
32If not specified, the merged PPD file is written to the standard output.
33If the output file already exists, it is silently overwritten.
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35<h2 class="title"><a name="NOTES">Notes</a></h2>
36PPD files are deprecated and will no longer be supported in a future feature release of CUPS.
37Printers that do not support IPP can be supported using applications such as
38<b>ippeveprinter</b>(1).
39<p><b>ppdmerge</b> does not check whether the merged PPD files are for the same device.
40Merging of different device PPDs will yield unpredictable results.
41<h2 class="title"><a name="SEE_ALSO">See Also</a></h2>
42<b>ppdc</b>(1),
43<b>ppdhtml</b>(1),
44<b>ppdi</b>(1),
45<b>ppdpo</b>(1),
46<b>ppdcfile</b>(5),
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