.\" .\" "$Id: cupsfilter.man 11093 2013-07-03 20:48:42Z msweet $" .\" .\" cupsfilter man page for CUPS. .\" .\" Copyright 2007-2013 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 "CUPS" "20 June 2012" "Apple Inc." .SH NAME cupsfilter \- convert a file to another format using cups filters .SH SYNOPSIS .B cupsfilter [ -D ] [ -U .I user ] [ -c .I config-file ] [ -d .I printer ] [ -e ] [ -i .I mime/type ] [ -j .I job-id[,N] ] [ -m .I mime/type ] [ -n .I copies ] [ -o .I name=value ] [ -p .I filename.ppd ] [ -t .I title ] [ -u ] .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 -D .br Delete the input file after conversion. .TP 5 -U user .br Specifies the username passed to the filters. The default is the name of the current user. .TP 5 -c config-file .br Uses the named cupsd.conf configuration file. .TP 5 -d printer Uses information from the named printer. .TP 5 -e .br Use every filter from the PPD file. .TP 5 -i mime/type .br Specifies the source file type. The default file type is guessed using the filename and contents of the file. .TP 5 -j job-id[,N] .br Converts document N from the specified job. If N is omitted, document 1 is converted. .TP 5 -m mime/type .br 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. .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. .TP 5 -u .br Delete the PPD file after conversion. .SH SEE ALSO \fIcupsd.conf(5)\fR .br http://localhost:631/help .SH COPYRIGHT Copyright 2007-2013 by Apple Inc. .\" .\" End of "$Id: cupsfilter.man 11093 2013-07-03 20:48:42Z msweet $". .\"