Inside Macintosh: QuickDraw GX Printing /

Chapter 1 - Introduction to Printing With QuickDraw GX

Compatibility With the Macintosh Printing Manager

Non-QuickDraw GX versions of Macintosh system software use the Printing Manager, which QuickDraw GX replaces. The Printing Manager encompasses several concepts for which QuickDraw GX printing introduces parallel vocabulary. Old and new printing architecture terms include the following:

Printing Manager term	QuickDraw GX term
Printer driver	Printer driver and printing extensions
System printer	Default desktop printer
Print record	Job object
Spool file	Print file

To enable the printing of QuickDraw documents on QuickDraw GX printers, you must convert the document with the QuickDraw GX Translator, which is described in the environment chapter of Inside Macintosh: QuickDraw GX Environment and Utilities, and convert the print record by calling the GXConvertPrintRecord function, which is described in the chapter "Core Printing Features" in this book.

Note

Printer drivers created with different versions of the Macintosh printing architecture can be present in a computer along with QuickDraw GX printer drivers. If QuickDraw GX is installed, the QuickDraw GX printer drivers are active; otherwise, the QuickDraw GX printer drivers are not active.

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