Guide to Printers and Printing

Chapter 4. Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem Programming

This section discusses:

• Printer Backend Overview for Programming
• Virtual Printer Definitions and Attributes
• Printer Colon File Escape Sequences
• Printer Colon File Conventions
• Example of Print Formatter
• Understanding the Interaction between qdaemon and the Backend
• Printer Code Page Translation Tables
• Printer Attachment Files
• Printer Colon File limits Field Operators
• Adding a Printer Using the Printer Colon File
• Printer-Specific Information
• Printer Support
• Pass-Through Mode
• Viewing, Formatting, or Modifying Virtual Printer Definitions
• Modifying the mi, mp, and _d Attributes on a PostScript Queue
• How piobe Uses Printer Colon Files
• Calculating Page Length Using Printer Colon File Escape Sequences
• Calculating Page Width Using Printer Colon File Escape Sequences
• Spooler Job Header and Trailer Pages
• Modifying the mo Virtual Printer Attribute
• Filters