Printing Resources Reference
This section describes the data structures and printing resources that are specific to printing extension and printer driver files.The "Constants and Data Types" section shows enumerations and structures for some of the resources.
The remaining sections describe the resources used in printing extensions and printer drivers--resources used in both, those used only in printing extensions, and those used only in printer drivers. Most of the resources used for printing extensions and printer drivers have resource templates defined for them. These templates are shown in the illustration that accompanies the section on each resource in this chapter.
Almost all of the fields in the resources are simple, unstructured values. Numerous fields use constant values with specific meanings; the constants that can be used in these fields are shown in the tables that accompany the field descriptions in this section.
The resources that you define for printing extensions and printer drivers are presented in three sections:
Some resources required for extensions and drivers are described in other Inside Macintosh books. For information on the standard version (
- the resources that you use for printing extensions and printer drivers
- the resources that you use only for printing extensions
- the resources that you use only for printer drivers
'vers'), bundle ('BNDL'), file reference ('FREF'), and various icon resources, all of which are required resources, see Inside Macintosh: Macintosh Toolbox Essentials. For information on required resources that define the Chooser interface for your driver, see Inside Macintosh: Devices. If you want to provide a user interface to your printing extension or printer driver, see information on the necessary resources to do this in Inside Macintosh: QuickDraw GX Printing.
Subtopics
- Constants and Data Types
- Resources Used for Printing Extensions and Printer Drivers
- Resources Used Only for Printing Extensions
- Resources Used Only in Printer Drivers
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