NAME

       cupstestppd - test conformance of ppd files (deprecated)

SYNOPSIS

       cupstestppd  [  -I  category ] [ -R rootdir ] [ -W category ] [ -q ] [ -r ] [ -v[v] ] filename.ppd[.gz] [
       ...  filename.ppd[.gz] ]
       cupstestppd [ -R rootdir ] [ -W category ] [ -q ] [ -r ] [ -v[v] ] -

DESCRIPTION

       cupstestppd tests the conformance of PPD files to the Adobe PostScript Printer  Description  file  format
       specification  version  4.3.   It can also be used to list the supported options and available fonts in a
       PPD file.  The results of testing and any other output are sent to the standard output.

       The first form of cupstestppd tests one or more PPD files on the command-line.  The second form tests the
       PPD file provided on the standard input.

OPTIONS

       cupstestppd supports the following options:

       -I filename
            Ignores all PCFileName warnings.

       -I filters
            Ignores all filter errors.

       -I profiles
            Ignores all profile errors.

       -R rootdir
            Specifies an alternate root directory for the filter, pre-filter, and other support file checks.

       -W constraints
            Report all UIConstraint errors as warnings.

       -W defaults
            Except for size-related options, report all default option errors as warnings.

       -W filters
            Report all filter errors as warnings.

       -W profiles
            Report all profile errors as warnings.

       -W sizes
            Report all media size errors as warnings.

       -W translations
            Report all translation errors as warnings.

       -W all
            Report all of the previous errors as warnings.

       -W none
            Report all of the previous errors as errors.

       -q   Specifies that no information should be displayed.

       -r   Relaxes the  PPD  conformance  requirements  so  that  common  whitespace,  control  character,  and
            formatting problems are not treated as hard errors.

       -v   Specifies  that  detailed  conformance  testing  results should be displayed rather than the concise
            PASS/FAIL/ERROR status.

       -vv  Specifies that all information in the PPD file should be  displayed  in  addition  to  the  detailed
            conformance testing results.

       The -q, -v, and -vv options are mutually exclusive.

EXIT STATUS

       cupstestppd returns zero on success and non-zero on error.  The error codes are as follows:

       1    Bad command-line arguments or missing PPD filename.

       2    Unable to open or read PPD file.

       3    The PPD file contains format errors that cannot be skipped.

       4    The PPD file does not conform to the Adobe PPD specification.

EXAMPLES

       The  following  command  will  test all PPD files under the current directory and print the names of each
       file that does not conform:

           find . -name \*.ppd \! -exec cupstestppd -q '{}' \; -print

       The next command tests all PPD files under the current directory and print detailed  conformance  testing
       results for the files that do not conform:

           find . -name \*.ppd \! -exec cupstestppd -q '{}' \; \
               -exec cupstestppd -v '{}' \;

NOTES

       PPD  files  are deprecated and will no longer be supported in a future feature release of CUPS.  Printers
       that do not support IPP can be supported using applications such as ippeveprinter(1).

SEE ALSO

       lpadmin(8), CUPS Online Help  (http://localhost:631/help),  Adobe  PostScript  Printer  Description  File
       Format Specification, Version 4.3.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright © 2021-2023 by OpenPrinting.

2021-02-28                                            CUPS                                        cupstestppd(1)