Validate PPD Files - Test PPD Conformance | Online Free DevTools by Hexmos

Validate PPD files with cupstestppd. Test printer definition conformance and identify errors in PPD files for CUPS. Free online tool, no registration required.

cupstestppd

Test conformance of PPD files to the version 4.3 of the specification. Error codes (1, 2, 3 and 4, respectively): bad CLI arguments, unable to open file, unskippable format errors and non-conformance with PPD specification. Note: This command is deprecated. See also: lpadmin. More information: https://openprinting.github.io/cups/doc/man-cupstestppd.html.

  • Test the conformance of one or more files in quiet mode:

cupstestppd -q {{path/to/file1.ppd path/to/file2.ppd ...}}

  • Get the PPD file from stdin, showing detailed conformance testing results:

cupstestppd -v - < {{path/to/file.ppd}}

  • Test all PPD files under the current directory, printing the names of each file that does not conform:

find . -name \*.ppd \! -execdir cupstestppd -q '{}' \; -print