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Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem Programming
Chapter 4. Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem
Programming
This chapter discusses the following topics:
• Printer Backend Overview for Programming on page 4-2
• Virtual Printer Definitions and Attributes on page 4-4
• Printer Colon File Escape Sequences on page 4-14
• Printer Colon File Conventions on page 4-21
• Example of Print Formatter on page 4-26
• Understanding the Interaction between qdaemon and the Backend on page 4-29
• Printer Code Page Translation Tables on page 4-37
• Printer Attachment Files on page 4-42
• Operators for Limits Field in the Printer Colon File on page 4-46
• Adding a Printer Using the Printer Colon File on page 4-53
• Printer–Specific Information on page 4-55
• Printer Support on page 4-127
• Pass–Through Mode on page 4-133
• Viewing, Formatting, or Modifying Virtual Printer Definitions on page 4-136
• Modifying the mi, mp, and _d Attributes on a PostScript Queue on page 4-141
• How piobe Uses Printer Colon Files on page 4-142
• Spooler Job Header and Trailer Pages on page 4-145
• Modifying the mo Virtual Printer Attribute on page 4-148
• Filters on page 4-150