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Leopard Reference Library: Graphics & Imaging
The Mac OS X printing system supports a wide variety of PostScript and raster printers and offers advanced graphics features such as an industry-standard PDF spooling format and high-quality color rendering. The printing system also allows printer drivers and applications to present modular and extensible user interfaces based on Apple's human interface guidelines.

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Carbon Printing Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the C API used by Carbon applications to provide a user interface for printing.
Reference 2007-07-24
CarbonQuartzDrawingWPrinting (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Deprecated - Demonstrates mixing QuickDraw and Quartz 2D drawing both on screen and during printing.
Sample Code 2003-01-14
CGContext Bounds (HTML)
QA1048: Explains how to determine the bounds of a CGContext.
Technical Q&As 2001-07-02
CGContextAddLineToPoint, CGContextAddCurveToPoint, et. al. (HTML)
QA1049: Explains why the CGContextAddXYZ APIs don't draw anything immediately.
Technical Q&As 2001-07-02
CGContextClosePath (HTML)
QA1046: Explains when you should call CGContextClosePath.
Technical Q&As 2001-10-02
Cocoa PDE with Carbon Printing (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Application that uses a Cocoa PDE along with the Carbon Printing APIs.
Sample Code 2007-07-27
ColorSync on Mac OS X (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
TN2035: Describes ColorSync, which is fundamentally integrated into Mac OS X.
Technical Notes 2005-08-10
Core Printing Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the C API that provides an abstraction layer for application printing.
Reference 2007-07-24
Creating Printing Presets for iPhoto (HTML) (PDF)
Rules for creating and installing printer-specific collections of settings. Includes a sample file.
Guides 2005-07-07
Drawing a Path Multiple Times (HTML)
QA1047: Explains that path drawing operations consume the path.
Technical Q&As 2001-07-02
Extending Printing Dialogs (HTML) (PDF)
A guide to developing printing dialog extensions, including basic concepts and a documented Carbon-based sample project.
Guides 2006-10-03
Gathering all PostScript Printer Descriptions (PPDs) (HTML)
QA1529: Describes a work around for an issue in PMCopyAvailablePPDs on Mac OS X 10.4 and below
Technical Q&As 2008-08-08
How do I use PMSessionGetGraphicsContext to get a CGContextRef? (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
Deprecated - QA1216: Describes how to use PMSessionSetDocumentFormatGeneration and PMSessionGetGraphicsContext to get a CGContextRef for printing.
Technical Q&As 2003-02-25
How to measure CG text (HTML)
QA1051: Explains how to measure Core Graphics text.
Technical Q&As 2007-08-02
Mac OS X Printing System Overview (HTML) (PDF)
Introduces Apple's printing architecture. Includes a road map for developing software.
Guides 2006-02-07
Obtaining 16 Bits-Per-Color Data with CUPS Raster Printing (HTML)
TN2149: Obtaining 16 Bits-Per-Color Data with CUPS Raster Printing
Technical Notes 2005-08-24
PDEProject (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Deprecated - Demonstrates an application-hosted printing dialog extension (PDE) that displays a custom pane in the Print dialog.
Sample Code 2003-01-14
PMPrinterPrintWithFile (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
How to send files, for example PostScript and PDF, directly to the printer. Replaces the pict-ps path.
Sample Code 2006-07-18
Printing Plug-in Interfaces Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the various callback interfaces that Mac OS X printing plug-ins implement in Carbon.
Reference 2003-07-31
Printing Programming Topics for Cocoa (HTML) (PDF)
Explains how to support printing in Cocoa applications.
Guides 2006-06-28
Providing PDF Workflow Options in the Print Dialog (HTML) (PDF)
Installation information and examples, including the use of Automator workflows.
Guides 2007-10-31
Quartz 2D Interpolation (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1186: Explains how to control Quartz 2D's image interpolation.
Technical Q&As 2002-10-29
Quartz 2D Thread Safety (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1238: Explains the thread-safety issues for the Quartz 2D API.
Technical Q&As 2003-02-25
Retain Counts of io_object_t Objects in IOKit.framework (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1195: Distinguishes between the retain counts of an I/O Kit kernel object and its io_object_t user space proxy.
Technical Q&As 2008-09-24
Saving the current Core Graphics Path (HTML)
QA1056: Explains that the Core Graphics save and restore GState APIs do not affect the path.
Technical Q&As 2001-10-02
Supporting Printing in Your Carbon Application (HTML) (PDF)
Explains how to support printing in Carbon applications. Includes creating PDFs and porting from Mac OS 9.
Guides 2004-08-31
Ticket Services Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the C API used by printer modules and PDEs to communicate printing information to the system.
Reference 2002-10-23
Tioga PostScript Printing Plugins in Mac OS X 10.2 (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1085: Why Tioga printing plugins for PostScript printing aren't called on Mac OS X 10.2 and later.
Technical Q&As 2003-07-14
Turning Off Core Graphics Clipping (HTML)
QA1050: Explains how to clear the clipping path for a CGContext.
Technical Q&As 2001-07-02
Unexpected CG state changes (HTML)
QA1045: Explains why the Core Graphics drawing state sometimes changes for no apparent reason.
Technical Q&As 2001-07-02
Using PostScript Printer Description Files (HTML) (PDF)
Information for printer vendors. Includes installing files, PPD/PDE binding, and grouping features.
Guides 2005-07-07
Why does logging keep my Printer Module from working? (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
Deprecated - QA1182: Describes some problems with standard printf logging in a Printer Module on Jaguar.
Technical Q&As 2002-11-06
Why don't all of my PDE localizations show up in all applications? (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1185: Explains why some PDE localizations might not appear in all applications.
Technical Q&As 2002-10-16