Using the Printing Functions
You use the printing functions to perform actions from within your overrides of printing messages. You generally use these functions from within message overrides in a printer driver, though you can also use them in printing extension code.You use the printing functions to
This section provides general information about using the functions for each of these tasks.
- display status information and printing alert boxes to the user
- manage which paper type is assigned to each paper tray on a printer
- store and access information in a desktop printer
- communicate which imaging options your driver provides to applications
- access data that your printing extension or printer driver needs from the job collection and Macintosh system software
- clean up after an error occurs during the processing of certain printing messages
Subtopics
- Displaying Status Information and the Printing Alert Boxes
- Managing Paper Trays and Their Paper Types
- Storing and Accessing Data Associated With a Desktop Printer
- Providing Application Imaging Options
- Accessing Driver Data
- Interfacing With the Chooser
- Using the Message Cleanup Functions
- Segmenting Your Driver Code
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