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diff --git a/html/en/drv/printer.html b/html/en/drv/printer.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d354fe2 --- /dev/null +++ b/html/en/drv/printer.html @@ -0,0 +1,83 @@ +<!doctype HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML//EN"> +<html> + +<head> +<meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us"> +<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> +<title>CD_PRINTER</title> +<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../style.css"> +</head> + +<body> + +<h2>CD_PRINTER - Printer Driver (cdprint.h)</h2> + + <p>This driver provides access to a System Default Printer. </p> + <p>Currently, it works only in Microsoft Windows platforms, but it is possible + to use it in other platforms without the risk of compilation error. If you + attempt to create a canvas in another platform, the function + <a href="../func/init.html#cdCreateCanvas"> + <font face="Courier"><strong>cdCreateCanvas</strong></font></a> will return + NULL.</p> + +<h3>Use</h3> + + <p>The canvas is created by calling function <font face="Courier"> + <a href="../func/init.html#cdCreateCanvas"> + <strong>cdCreateCanvas</strong></a>(CD_PRINTER, Data)</font>, after which + other CD functions can be called as usual. The <font face="Courier">Data</font> + string has the following format:</p> + + <pre><span style="background-color: #CEE7FF">"</span><i>name </i>[-d]" <em> or in C style "</em><em><strong><tt>%s -d</tt></strong></em><em>"</em></pre> + + <p><font face="Courier">name</font> is an optional document name that will + appear in the printer queue. Optionally, <font face="Courier">-d</font> + displays the System Printer dialogue box before starting to print, allowing + you to configure the printer's parameters. When using this parameter and the + return canvas is NULL, one must assume that the print was canceled by the + user.</p> + <p>Any amount of such canvases may exist simultaneously. It is important to + note that a call to function + <a href="../func/init.html#cdKillCanvas"> + <font face="Courier"><strong>cdKillCanvas</strong></font></a> is required to + properly send the data to the printer.</p> + <p><b>Pages -</b> Use + <a href="../func/control.html#cdFlush"> + <font face="Courier"><strong>Flush</strong></font></a> to change to a new + page. You can draw first on page 1, then on page 2 and so forth.</p> +<p>To use this driver in Windows using GDI+ is necessary to call +<font face="Courier"><strong> + cdUseContextPlus</strong></font><strong><font face="Courier">(1)</font></strong> +before creating the canvas.</p> + +<h3>Behavior of Functions</h3> + + <p>This driver is greatly platform-dependent. For further detail, see the <b> + Behavior of Functions</b> in each platform: <a href="win32.html">Microsoft + Windows (GDI)</a>, <a href="gdiplus.html">Windows Using GDI+</a>, + <a href="xwin.html">X-Windows (XLIB)</a>. However, it should be noted that + some functions behave differently from the basic functions of each platform.</p> + <p>A printer created in Win32s has the same limitations as the + <a href="wmf.html">WMF driver</a>. In Windows 95 or NT, it has the same + limitations as the <a href="emf.html">EMF driver</a>.</p> + +<h4>Control</h4> +<ul> + <li> + <a href="../func/control.html#cdFlush"> + <font face="Courier"><strong>Flush</strong></font></a>: changes to a new + page, preserving the previous one. In the Win32 base driver, after the first + page, function <font face="Courier"><strong>cdText</strong></font> draws the + text below its correct position - we do not know why this happens.</li> +</ul> +<h4>Attributes </h4> +<ul> + <li> + <a href="../func/filled.html#cdHatch"> + <font face="Courier"><strong>Hatch</strong></font></a>: opaque in Win32 base + driver (GDI).</li> +</ul> + +</body> + +</html> |