cupsfilter - convert a file to another format using cups filters (deprecated)

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2021-02-28                                            CUPS                                         cupsfilter(8)

cupsfilter  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, cupsfilter generates  a  PDF  file.
       The converted file is sent to the standard output.

       All of the standard cups(1) environment variables affect the operation of cupsfilter.

       The  following  command will generate a PDF preview of job 42 for a printer named "myprinter" and save it
       to a file named "preview.pdf":

           cupsfilter -m application/pdf -d myprinter -j 42 >preview.pdf

cupsfilter returns a non-zero exit status on any error.

       /etc/cups/cups-files.conf
       /etc/cups/*.convs
       /etc/cups/*.types
       /usr/share/cups/mime/*.convs
       /usr/share/cups/mime/*.types

       cupsfilter - convert a file to another format using cups filters (deprecated)

       CUPS  printer  drivers,  filters, and backends are deprecated and will no longer be supported in a future
       feature release of CUPS.  Printers that do not support IPP can be supported using  applications  such  as
       ippeveprinter(1).

       Unlike when printing, filters run using the cupsfilter command use the current user and security session.
       This may result in different output or unexpected behavior.

--list-filters
            Do not actually run the filters, just print the filters used to stdout.

       -D   Delete the input file after conversion.

       -Uuser
            Specifies the username passed to the filters. The default is the name of the current user.

       -cconfig-file
            Uses the named cups-files.conf configuration file.

       -dprinter
            Uses information from the named printer.

       -e   Use every filter from the PPD file.

       -imime/type
            Specifies  the source file type. The default file type is guessed using the filename and contents of
            the file.

       -jjob-id[,N]
            Converts document N from the specified job. If N is omitted, document 1 is converted.

       -mmime/type
            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.

       -ncopies
            Specifies the number of copies to generate.

       -oname=value
            Specifies options to pass to the CUPS filters.

       -pfilename.ppd
            Specifies the PPD file to use.

       -ttitle
            Specifies the document title.

       -u   Delete the PPD file after conversion.

cups(1),    cupsd.conf(5),    filter(7),mime.convs(7),    mime.types(7),     CUPS     Online     Help
       (http://localhost:631/help)

cupsfilter  [ --list-filters ] [ -D ] [ -Uuser ] [ -cconfig-file ] [ -dprinter ] [ -e ] [ -imime/type
       ] [ -jjob-id[,N] ] [ -mmime/type ] [ -ncopies ] [ -oname=value ] [ -pfilename.ppd ] [ -ttitle  ]  [
       -u ] filename