ppdmerge(1) OpenPrinting ppdmerge(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

ppdmerge - merge ppd files (deprecated)

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**ppdmerge** \[ **-o** *output-ppd-file* ] *ppd-file* *ppd-file* \[ ... *ppd-file* ]

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

**ppdmerge** merges two or more PPD files into a single, multi-language PPD file. **This program is deprecated and will be removed in a future release of CUPS.**

# [OPTIONS](#OPTIONS)

**ppdmerge** supports the following options:

[**-o output-ppd-file**](#o)

Specifies the PPD file to create. If not specified, the merged PPD file is written to the standard output. If the output file already exists, it is silently overwritten.

# [NOTES](#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)](/man/os/cups/ippeveprinter.1).

**ppdmerge** does not check whether the merged PPD files are for the same device. Merging of different device PPDs will yield unpredictable results.

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[**ppdc**(1)](/man/os/cups/ppdc.1), [**ppdhtml**(1)](/man/os/cups/ppdhtml.1), [**ppdi**(1)](/man/os/cups/ppdi.1), [**ppdpo**(1)](/man/os/cups/ppdpo.1), [**ppdcfile**(5)](/man/os/cups/ppdcfile.5), CUPS Online Help (http://localhost:631/help)

# [COPYRIGHT](#COPYRIGHT)

Copyright © 2020-2024 by OpenPrinting.

CUPS 2021-02-28

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Document: ppdmerge(1) from cups 2.4.20-r0 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups