DIRECTOMATIC(1) General Commands Manual DIRECTOMATIC(1)NAME
directomatic - Print without spooler
SYNOPSIS
directomatic -P <printdef> [-J jobtitle] [-o option=value [...]] [file]
DESCRIPTION
Directomatic is a filter script to print with free software printer drivers without the need of a print spooler. It is designed to be used
together with a Foomatic printer definition file.
Options
-P <printdef>
where printdef is the printer definition file to use.
-J <jobtitle>
where job title will be printed in the head line of every page of a plain text job.
-o option=value
Set an arbitrary option.
file The file to print.
Commands
Directomatic will print from standard input unless a file to print is specified on the command line. If your printer definition file is in
/etc/foomatic/direct or ~/.foomatic/direct you do not need to specify its path. Put a (instructions in the file) to redirect the output of
directomatic to your printer instead of standard output. To make normal users able to print this way add them to group lp and make sure the
appropriate printer device file /dev/lpX is group-writable.
See http://www.linuxprinting.org/direct-doc.html
FILES
/etc/foomatic/direct/<queue>
The foomatic printer definition file.
EXIT STATUS
directomatic returns 0 unless something unexpected happens.
AUTHOR
Manfred Wassmann <manolo@NCC-1701.B.Shuttle.de> for the foomatic project using output from the associated binary.
BUGS
None so far.
Foomatic Project 2001-05-07 DIRECTOMATIC(1)
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FOOMATIC-PPDFILE(1) General Commands Manual FOOMATIC-PPDFILE(1)NAME
foomatic-ppdfile - Generate a PPD file for a given printer/driver combo
SYNOPSIS
foomatic-ppdfile [-w] [-d <driver>] -p <printerid>
foomatic-ppdfile [-A] [-P pattern]
foomatic-ppdfile -h
DESCRIPTION
The first form of the foomatic-ppdfile to compute the spooler-independent Foomatic PPD file for any valid printer/driver combo available in
the Foomatic database, both for printing with foomatic-rip(1) and for applications/clients being able to access the printer's options. The
PPD file is returned on standard ouput. If the driver is not specified, the default driver is used.
The second form of the foomatic-ppdfile program will search the printer database and return either all printer entries or those whose name
and/or model information match a regular expression.
The last form prints a help message and exits.
Options
-d drivername
The (optional) driver name to use. If the driver name is not supplied, the default or first driver in the printers compatible driver
list is used.
-p printer id The printer id.
-w Return a PPD file that conforms to the Microsoft Windows format limitations.
-A Return all printer entries in the database.
-Ppattern
Return all printer entries in the database which match the regular expression.
SEE ALSO
foomatic-rip(1)EXIT STATUS
foomatic-ppdfile returns 0 on success, 1 otherwise.
AUTHOR
Manfred Wassmann <manolo@NCC-1701.B.Shuttle.de> for the foomatic project using output from the associated binary.
Modified and updated by Patrick Powell <papowell at astart.com>.
BUGS
None so far.
Please post bug reports on
http://lists.freestandards.org/mailman/listinfo/printing-foomatic
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