User`s guide

4-1
Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem Programming
Chapter 4. Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem
Programming
This section discusses:
• Printer Backend Overview for Programming
• Virtual Printer Definitions and Attributes , on page 4-4
• Printer Colon File Escape Sequences , on page 4-14
• Printer Colon FIle Conventions , on page 4-20
• Example of Print Formatter , on page 4-25
• Understanding the Interaction between qdaemon and the Backend , on page 4-28
• Printer Code Page Translation Tables , on page 4-35
• Printer Attachment Files , on page 4-42
• Printer Colon File limits Field Operators , on page 4-46
• Adding Support for Configuring a Network–Attached Printer , on page 4-52
• Adding a Printer Using the Printer Colon File , on page 4-57
• Printer–Specific Information , on page 4-59
• Printer Support , on page 4-122
• Pass–Through Mode , on page 4-126
• Viewing, Formatting, or Modifying Virtual Printer Definitions , on page 4-129
• Modifying the mi, mp, and _d Attributes on a PostScript Queue , on page 4-134
• How piobe Uses Printer Colon Files , on page 4-135
• Calculating Page Length Using Printer Colon File Escape Sequences , on page 4-138
• Calculating Page Width Using Printer Colon File Escape Sequences , on page 4-147
• Spooler Job Header and Trailer Pages , on page 4-156
• Modifying the mo Virtual Printer Attribute , on page 4-159
• Filters , on page 4-162