Inside Macintosh: QuickDraw GX Printing /

Chapter 2 - Core Printing Features / Core Printing Features Reference

Functions

Obtaining Information on Printing-Related Objects

QuickDraw GX functions allow you to obtain basic information about the job object and format objects associated with a printable document. Although a document can contain multiple format objects, all documents contain at least one format object, called the default format.

When a user wants to print a document, you should call the GXGetJobFormat function to access the format objects associated with a particular job object.

You can specify a format object in the GXGetFormatJob function to obtain the job object that references this format object.

You use the GXGetFormatDimensions function to obtain the dimensions information from a format object. The information includes the physical dimensions of the paper (the paper size) and the printable area within these dimensions (the page size) after scaling and orientation have been applied.

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Subtopics

GXGetJobFormat

GXGetFormatJob

GXGetFormatDimensions

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