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<h1 class="title">cupsfilter(8)</h1>
<h2 class="title"><a name="NAME">Name</a></h2>
cupsfilter - convert a file to another format using cups filters
<h2 class="title"><a name="SYNOPSIS">Synopsis</a></h2>
<b>cupsfilter
</b>[ -D ] [ -U
<i>user
</i>] [ -c
<i>config-file
</i>] [ -d
<i>printer
</i>] [ -e ] [ -i
<i>mime/type
</i>] [ -j
<i>job-id[,N]
</i>] [ -m
<i>mime/type
</i>] [ -n
<i>copies
</i>] [ -o
<i>name=value
</i>] [ -p
<i>filename.ppd
</i>] [ -t
<i>title
</i>] [ -u ]
<i>filename
</i><h2 class="title"><a name="DESCRIPTION">Description</a></h2>
<i>cupsfilter</i> 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, <i>cupsfilter</i> generates a PDF file.
<h2 class="title"><a name="OPTIONS">Options</a></h2>
<dl>
<dt>-D
</dt>
<dd></dd>
<dd>Delete the input file after conversion.
</dd>
<dt>-U user
</dt>
<dd></dd>
<dd>Specifies the username passed to the filters. The default is the name of the current user.
</dd>
<dt>-c config-file
</dt>
<dd></dd>
<dd>Uses the named cupsd.conf configuration file.
</dd>
<dt>-d printer
</dt>
<dd>Uses information from the named printer.
</dd>
<dt>-e
</dt>
<dd></dd>
<dd>Use every filter from the PPD file.
</dd>
<dt>-i mime/type
</dt>
<dd></dd>
<dd>Specifies the source file type. The default file type is guessed using the
filename and contents of the file.
</dd>
<dt>-j job-id[,N]
</dt>
<dd></dd>
<dd>Converts document N from the specified job. If N is omitted, document 1 is
converted.
</dd>
<dt>-m mime/type
</dt>
<dd></dd>
<dd>Specifies the destination file type. The default file type is application/pdf.
Use printer/foo to convert to the printer format defined by the filters in the
PPD file.
</dd>
<dt>-n copies
</dt>
<dd></dd>
<dd>Specifies the number of copies to generate.
</dd>
<dt>-o name=value
</dt>
<dd></dd>
<dd>Specifies options to pass to the CUPS filters.
</dd>
<dt>-p filename.ppd
</dt>
<dd></dd>
<dd>Specifies the PPD file to use.
</dd>
<dt>-t title
</dt>
<dd></dd>
<dd>Specifies the document title.
</dd>
<dt>-u
</dt>
<dd></dd>
<dd>Delete the PPD file after conversion.
</dd>
</dl>
<h2 class="title"><a name="SEE_ALSO">See Also</a></h2>
<a href='man-cupsd.conf.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages'>cupsd.conf(5)</a>
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<a href='http://localhost:631/help'>http://localhost:631/help</a>
<h2 class="title"><a name="COPYRIGHT">Copyright</a></h2>
Copyright 2007-2013 by Apple Inc.
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