Inside Macintosh: QuickDraw GX Printing /

Chapter 4 - Advanced Printing Features / Advanced Printing Features Reference

Functions / Manipulating Printer Objects

GXGetPrinterDriverType

You can use the GXGetPrinterDriverType function to obtain the printer driver type associated with a particular printer object.

OSType GXGetPrinterDriverType (gxPrinter aPrinter);

aPrinter

A reference to the printer object associated with a particular printer driver type.

function result

The printer driver type associated with the printer object.

DESCRIPTION

The GXGetPrinterDriverType function returns a printer type in the format of an OSType. Do not make assumptions about the services provided by driver based on its type.

RESULT CODES

gxSegmentLoadFailedErr

A required code segment could not be found, or there was not enough memory to load it.

SEE ALSO

For an example that uses the GXGetPrinterDriverType function, see "Obtaining Printer and Printer Driver Information for a Job" on page 4-22.

For possible values of printer driver types, see "Printer Driver Types" on page 4-7.

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