.\" .\" "$Id$" .\" .\" cupsfilter man page for the Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS). .\" .\" Copyright 2007 by Apple Inc. .\" .\" These coded instructions, statements, and computer programs are the .\" property of Apple Inc. and are protected by Federal copyright .\" law. Distribution and use rights are outlined in the file "LICENSE.txt" .\" which should have been included with this file. If this file is .\" file is missing or damaged, see the license at "http://www.cups.org/". .\" .TH cupsfilter 8 "Common UNIX Printing System" "19 October 2007" "Apple Inc." .SH NAME cupsfilter \- convert a file to another format using cups filters .SH SYNOPSIS .B cupsfilter [ -c .I config-file ] [ -m .I mime/type ] [ -n .I copies ] [ -o .I name=value ] [ -p .I filename.ppd ] [ -t .I title ] .I filename .SH DESCRIPTION \fIcupsfilter\fR is a front-end to the CUPS filter subsystem which allows you to convert a file to a specific format, just as if you had printed the file through CUPS. By default, \fIcupsfilter\fR generates a PDF file. .SH OPTIONS .TP 5 -c config-file .br Uses the named cupsd.conf configuration file. .TP 5 -m mime/type .br Specifies the destination file type. The default file type is application/pdf. .TP 5 -n copies .br Specifies the number of copies to generate. .TP 5 -o name=value .br Specifies options to pass to the CUPS filters. .TP 5 -p filename.ppd .br Specifies the PPD file to use. .TP 5 -t title .br Specifies the document title. .SH KNOWN ISSUES \fIcupsfilter\fR currently does not use the filters defined in the PPD file. This will be addressed in a future CUPS release. .SH SEE ALSO \fIcupsd.conf(5)\fR .br http://localhost:631/help .SH COPYRIGHT Copyright 2007 by Apple Inc. .\" .\" End of "$Id$". .\"