Inside Macintosh: QuickDraw GX Printing /

Chapter 1 - Introduction to Printing With QuickDraw GX / About QuickDraw GX Printing-Related Objects

Printer Objects

A printer object represents the characteristics of a printer. They are set by the printer driver. You can determine these characteristics by referring to the output or formatting printer in a job object. You cannot change these characteristics.

The printer object includes the following properties:

• Printer name. This property contains the printer's name; for example "All Mine."
• Printer type. This property contains the kind of printer; for example, 'lwsc' for the LaserWriter II SC.
• Printer driver name. This property contains the printer driver's name; for example, "LaserWriter II SC."
• Printer driver type. This property contains the kind of printer driver; for example, 'post' for a Postscript printer.
• View device list. This property refers to view devices that define a printer's resolution (dots-per-inch) and color space.

For information about each of these properties, see the chapter "Advanced Printing Features" in this book.

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