About Advanced Printing Features
Advanced printing features make use of objects described in the chapters "Core Printing Features" and "Page Formatting and Dialog Box Customization" in this book. This chapter shows how these objects can be used in additional ways to implement features not typically required by every application that implements QuickDraw GX printing.For example, the paper-type object is always associated with a format object. A paper type that matches the format is provided by QuickDraw GX as a core feature. Ordinarily, your application need not modify it. If, for example, your application needs to restrict the printable area of a page to reserve room for a letterhead, it can create a paper-type object that defines a new paper size. Although the technique is straightforward, the feature is considered advanced because applications are not required to create paper-type objects. Typically, the default paper-type object is sufficient for most applications.
To implement other advanced printing features, you use the printer and print file objects.
The following sections describe the printer and print file objects.
- You can use a printer object to determine the device characteristics of a desktop printer, such as its resolution
- You can use a print file object to determine the contents of a file that has been printed and change them, if you wish.
Subtopics
- Printer Objects
- Print File Objects
- Synonyms
- Printing Modes
- Pen Tables for Vector Devices
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