Preface - About This Book
QuickDraw GX is an integrated, object-based approach to graphics programming on Macintosh computers. This book, Inside Macintosh: QuickDraw GX Printing Extensions and Drivers, describes how to design and develop printing extensions and printer drivers for use with QuickDraw GX.For application programming purposes, QuickDraw GX augments the capabilities of some of the Macintosh system software managers documented in other parts of Inside Macintosh. Information in this book specifies how to make your printer driver compatible with applications that use the Macintosh Printing Manager, which is described in Inside Macintosh: Imaging With QuickDraw.
This book is necessary if you are developing a printing extension or printer driver for use with QuickDraw GX. Before reading this book, you should already be familiar with how QuickDraw GX printing works, as described in Inside Macintosh: QuickDraw GX Printing.
For more information about programming with QuickDraw GX, you need to refer to the other QuickDraw GX books in the Inside Macintosh suite, including Inside Macintosh: QuickDraw GX Objects, Inside Macintosh: QuickDraw GX Graphics, and Inside Macintosh: QuickDraw GX Typography. Figure P-1 shows the suggested reading order for the QuickDraw GX books. A pictorial overview of Inside Macintosh, including the QuickDraw GX suite of books, appears on the inside back cover.
Figure P-1 Roadmap to the QuickDraw GX suite of books
Preface Contents
- What to Read
- Chapter Organization
- Conventions Used in This Book
- Special Fonts
- Types of Notes
- Numerical Formats
- Type Definitions for Enumerations
- Illustrations
- Development Environment
- Developer Products and Support
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