Printing Extension Tasks
Printing extensions can affect printing at well-defined points during the printing process. QuickDraw GX searches for active extensions and sends messages to them to allow you to extend printing capabilities. You can
Each of these extension capabilities is described in the sections that follow.
- add panels to the Page Setup, Custom Page Setup, and Print dialog boxes and monitor the user's activity in those panels
- modify printed pages during the spooling phase of printing
- modify printed pages during the imaging phase of printing
- modify the manner in which document pages are sent to the printer during the device communications phase of printing
Printing phases are described in the chapter "Introduction to Printing Extensions and Drivers" in this book. The dialog boxes used during the printing process are described
in detail in Inside Macintosh: QuickDraw GX Printing. The chapter "Printing Messages" in this book describes each of the messages that QuickDraw GX sends during the printing process.
Subtopics
- Adding Panels to Print Dialog Boxes
- Modifying a Page During Spooling
- Modifying a Page During Imaging
- Modifying the Device Communications Process
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