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Legacy documents consist of guides, references, sample code, and other resources that have become irrelevant for current product development. Some of these documents describe features, functions, classes, or methods that are no longer supported. Other legacy documents describe currently supported technologies, but the approaches and development techniques described in these documents are no longer recommended.
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GetEnetAddrDirect.ppc (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Unsupported Sample Code 2003-07-22
OT PAPServerSample (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Unsupported Sample Code 2003-07-22
OTPAPSampleServer (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Unsupported Sample Code 2003-07-22
Dashed Lines (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Unsupported Sample Code 2003-03-26
Dashed-capped Lines (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Unsupported Sample Code 2003-03-26
DropPrint USB (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Unsupported Sample Code 2003-03-26
LW8_Hosesample (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Unsupported Sample Code 2003-03-26
PostScript Output Filters (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Unsupported Sample Code 2003-03-26
PostScriptHandleDemo (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Unsupported Sample Code 2003-03-26
Print Clipped Offscreen (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Unsupported Sample Code 2003-03-26
PrintDialogMagic (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Unsupported Sample Code 2003-03-26
Scriptable Print SimpleText (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Unsupported Sample Code 2003-03-26
STD File Saver (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Unsupported Sample Code 2003-03-26
ATP Demo (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Unsupported Sample Code 2003-01-14
CarbonQuartzDrawingWPrinting (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates mixing QuickDraw and Quartz 2D drawing both on screen and during printing.
Deprecated Sample Code 2003-01-14
EgretWakeup (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Unsupported Sample Code 2003-01-14
FindPrinter (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Unsupported Sample Code 2003-01-14
Get Ethernet Address (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Unsupported Sample Code 2003-01-14
GrayText (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Unsupported Sample Code 2003-01-14
GXSetDefaultDTP (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Unsupported Sample Code 2003-01-14
HairLines (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Unsupported Sample Code 2003-01-14
ImageWriter bug (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Unsupported Sample Code 2003-01-14
InvertedText (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Unsupported Sample Code 2003-01-14
PACKman (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Unsupported Sample Code 2003-01-14
PDEProject (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates an application-hosted printing dialog extension (PDE) that displays a custom pane in the Print dialog.
Deprecated Sample Code 2003-01-14
PDlog Expand (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Unsupported Sample Code 2003-01-14
PicCommentsTest (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Unsupported Sample Code 2003-01-14
Print multipage PICT (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Unsupported Sample Code 2003-01-14
Rotated Thingies (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Unsupported Sample Code 2003-01-14
Save Print Record (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Unsupported Sample Code 2003-01-14
Scalable PostScript PICT (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Unsupported Sample Code 2003-01-14
SetPDiMC (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Unsupported Sample Code 2003-01-14
StyleMap (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Unsupported Sample Code 2003-01-14
Understanding Open Transport Memory Management (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
TN1128.
Unsupported Technical Notes 2001-01-09
Adding Items to the Printing Manager's Dialogs (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
TN1080.
Unsupported Technical Notes 2000-08-14
Color Printing (HTML)
PR01.
Unsupported Technical Notes 2000-08-14
Creating Desktop Printers on the Fly (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
TN1131.
Unsupported Technical Notes 2000-08-14
Customizing Desktop Printer Utility (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
TN1113.
Unsupported Technical Notes 2000-08-14
Desktop Printing Revealed (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
TN1097.
Unsupported Technical Notes 2000-08-14
The Download Manager (HTML)
TN1169.
Unsupported Technical Notes 2000-08-14
LaserWriter 8.5.1: The Extended 'PAPA' Resource (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
TN1115.
Unsupported Technical Notes 2000-08-14
LaserWriter 8.5.1: The Settings Library (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
TN1129.
Unsupported Technical Notes 2000-08-14
LaserWriter 8.6 and Fonts (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
TN1146.
Unsupported Technical Notes 2000-08-14
LaserWriter 8.6: How to Write a Converter Plug-in for the Download Manager (HTML)
TN1171.
Unsupported Technical Notes 2000-08-14
LaserWriter Driver Surprises in 5.0 and Newer (HTML)
PR20.
Unsupported Technical Notes 2000-08-14
LaserWriter Optimization Techniques (HTML)
PR04.
Unsupported Technical Notes 2000-08-14
LW 8.5.1 CopyBits Support: Transparent and Clipped Images (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
TN1114.
Unsupported Technical Notes 2000-08-14
Print Dialogs: Adding Items (HTML)
PR09.
Unsupported Technical Notes 2000-08-14
Printer Direct Mode APIs for Macintosh Printer Drivers (HTML)
TN1013.
Unsupported Technical Notes 2000-08-14
A Printing Loop That Cares - The Sequel (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
TN1092.
Unsupported Technical Notes 2000-08-14
A Printing Loop That Cares... (HTML)
PR10.
Unsupported Technical Notes 2000-08-14
The Printing Plug-ins Manager (HTML)
TN1170.
Unsupported Technical Notes 2000-08-14
Writing Custom Hoses for LaserWriter 8.6 (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
TN1144.
Unsupported Technical Notes 2000-08-14
Writing Plug-ins for Desktop Printer Utility (HTML)
TN1172.
Unsupported Technical Notes 2000-08-14
USB Printer Sharing Compatibility (HTML)
TN1199.
Unsupported Technical Notes 2000-06-01
The Monster Disk Driver Technote (HTML)
TN1189.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1999-11-01
Introducing the LaserWriter 8 Driver version 8.7 (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
TN1177.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1999-10-01
PostScript Output Filters for LaserWriter 8.7 (HTML)
TN1179.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1999-10-01
Introducing the LaserWriter 8 Driver version 8.6.5 (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
TN1165.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1999-05-01
LaserWriter 8.6.5 Job Log Format (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
TN1166.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1999-05-01
Introducing the LaserWriter 8 Driver Version 8.6 (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
TN1143.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1998-11-01
The New PrGeneral Version Opcode (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
TN1133.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1998-06-01
Introducing the LaserWriter Driver Version 8.5.1 (HTML)
TN1112.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1997-09-01
Writing PPD Files for Use With LaserWriter 8, version 8.4.1 (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
TN1068.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1996-09-01
Querying PostScript Printers at dtp Creation Time the QuickDraw GX Way (HTML)
TN1057.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1996-07-01
QuickDraw GX 'ptyp' Resource: Calculations, Uses & Limitations (HTML)
TN1058.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1996-07-01
Mixing QuickDraw & Post-Script Printing from Your App: Some Gotchas (HTML)
TN1032.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1996-02-01
On the Importance of Print Testing: A Brief Checklist (HTML)
TN1027.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1996-02-01
Dictionary Downloading (HTML)
PR14.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1991-04-01
Feeder Fodder (HTML)
PR15.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1991-04-01
pIdle Proc (or how to let users know what's going on during print time...) (HTML)
PR22.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1991-04-01
Bus Error Handlers (HTML)
DV04.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1991-02-01
LaserWriter Utility Q&As (HTML)
QD525.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1990-10-01
PostScript Q&As (HTML)
PR505.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1990-10-01
Printer Access Protocol Q&As (HTML)
NW570.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1990-10-01
Printer Driver Q&As (HTML)
PR510.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1990-10-01
Printing Manager Q&As (HTML)
PR515.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1990-10-01
PrintMonitor Q&As (HTML)
PR520.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1990-10-01
Processors & General Logic Q&As (HTML)
HW535.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1990-10-01
QuickDraw GX Printing Q&As (HTML)
PR525.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1990-10-01
Driver Education (HTML)
DV23.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1990-08-01
NuBus Interrupt Latency (I Was a Teenage DMA Junkie) (HTML)
HW16.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1988-12-01
Position-Independent PostScript (HTML)
PR23.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1988-03-01
PrGeneral Bug (HTML)
PR08.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1987-11-01
Script Manager Print Action Routine (HTML)
TE10.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1987-11-01
SetLineWidth Revealed (HTML)
PR12.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1987-11-01
Document Names and the Printing Manager (HTML)
PR03.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1987-07-01
Spooler Queries? (HTML)
PR13.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1987-07-01
Using Laser Prep Routines (HTML)
PR19.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1987-07-01
Device-Independent Printing (HTML)
PR02.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1987-05-01
The Effect of Spool-a-page/Print-a-page on Shared Printers (HTML)
PR18.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1987-05-01
PrGeneral (HTML)
PR07.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1987-05-01
ImageWriter II Paper Motion (HTML)
PR17.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1986-04-01
Finding Drivers in the Unit Table (HTML)
DV06.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1986-02-01
Macintosh Plus Pinouts (HTML)
HW10.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1986-01-01
Make sure your PPD Plugin calls ppdCloseCompiledPPDFromTicket (HTML)
QA1275.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 2004-02-19
How do I use PMSessionGetGraphicsContext to get a CGContextRef? (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1216: Describes how to use PMSessionSetDocumentFormatGeneration and PMSessionGetGraphicsContext to get a CGContextRef for printing.
Deprecated Technical Q&As 2003-02-25
Why does logging keep my Printer Module from working? (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1182: Describes some problems with standard printf logging in a Printer Module on Jaguar.
Deprecated Technical Q&As 2002-11-06
SCSIAction and IOSCSIUserClient on Mac OS X 10.2 (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1201.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 2002-09-13
ATSUI and MLTE Printing (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QD64: Describes a way to get MLTE and ATSUI text to print through the QuickDraw bottlenecks.
Deprecated Technical Q&As 2000-11-08
Finding the bit depth of a Carbon Printing Manager graphics context (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QD63.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 2000-11-08
Checking for the Printer Driver (HTML)
DV42: Describes a legacy Mac OS technique avoiding system hangs when using serial drivers on USB systems.
Deprecated Technical Q&As 2000-06-19
Are the Name Registry device tree nodes unique? (HTML)
HW64: Discusses whether Name Registry nodes copied from the Open Firmware device tree are unique.
Deprecated Technical Q&As 1999-10-11
Accessing DHCP Options (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
NW61.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1999-04-19
Is there a relationship between the device tree and the Name Registry? (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
HW41.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1999-02-15
LaserWriter 8 Support for *JCL/PCL (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QD57.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1998-05-25
EndFormsPrinting and FormsPrinting PicComments (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QD53.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1998-01-16
Setting Landscape Printing from an Application (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QD54.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1998-01-16
Printing, Forward and Reverse Line Feeds (HTML)
QD03.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1997-12-01
How to Find the Printer Descriptions folder (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QD52.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1997-11-17
MemError (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
ME06.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1997-09-12
Speed of the Printer Port (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
DV31.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1997-07-11
LaserWriter 8.4.x - Custom page size support (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QD48.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1997-05-22
Connecting to a Sleeping or Dozing Macintosh (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
NW46.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1997-01-31
Does This Printer Support PostScript? (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QD46.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1997-01-09
Identically-Sized Print Files with LW 8.x (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QD47.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1997-01-09
Setting GX Paper Types (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
GXPD42.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1996-10-25
Determining a PostScript Printer's Optimal Resolution (HTML)
QD44.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1996-07-03
Background Printing On, Print Monitor Dialog Missing (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QD43.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1996-05-14
PostScript Color Printing Bug (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
GXPD39.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1996-05-14
Long Timeout When Opening Certain Files - A StyleWriter Quirk (HTML)
QD42.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1996-04-08
API for Non-GX Printing? (HTML)
QD29.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1996-03-04
Using Background Printing When The Finder Isn't Present (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QD41.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1996-03-04
Setting Port Speed on a Modem Port (HTML)
DV25.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1996-02-23
Kanji & PostScript Printing (HTML)
QD07.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1996-02-01
Selecting a PPD When no Printer is Available (HTML)
QD12.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1996-02-01
Suppressing the LaserWriter 8.3 Manual Feed Alert (HTML)
QD09.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1996-02-01
Grayscale Printing on a LaserWriter LS (HTML)
QD38.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-12-07
GrayShare Software Update (HTML)
QD39.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-12-07
ParamErr from PrClosePage (HTML)
QD37.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-12-07
Determining The Selected Printer's Address (HTML)
QD35.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-11-22
LaserWriter 7.5.2 Printing Update 1.1 (HTML)
QD36.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-11-22
LaserWriter Drivers - Which Are ColorSync Aware? (HTML)
QD34.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-11-22
Using LaserWriter fonts with StyleWriter (HTML)
QD33.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-11-22
Necessity of Calling PrJobDialog (HTML)
QD31.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-11-01
Printing Finder Icons (HTML)
QD32.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-11-01
FDecompressImage, StdPix Bottleneck Calls During Printing (HTML)
QD30.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-09-15
Locating the Selected Printer (HTML)
GXPD36.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-09-15
Adding QuickDraw GX Printing Panels (HTML)
GXPD27.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-08-01
LaserWriter GX CustomDialogs Sample (HTML)
GXPD30.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-08-01
'ptyp' Resource Documentation (HTML)
GXPD33.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-08-01
Interrupt Management (HTML)
HW10.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-07-15
PCI Card's Assigned-Address Properties (HTML)
HW20.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-07-15
PCI Device and Driver Matching (HTML)
HW16.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-07-15
Application Freezes on Startup with WorldScript I v7.1 (HTML)
QD13.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-07-01
Creating a GX Printing Extension to Obtain Print Job Information (HTML)
GXPD21.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-07-01
Fonts not Appearing in Spool File (HTML)
QD10.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-07-01
LaserWriter 8 Local Customization File (HTML)
QD11.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-07-01
LaserWriter 8.3 %%?BeginQuery: RBIAppleDevice Query (HTML)
QD08.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-07-01
WS PDS Card and SCSI Manager 4.3 (HTML)
DV17.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-07-01
Device Manager (HTML)
DV01.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-05-01
Differences between QuickDraw GX 1.1.1 and 1.0.x (HTML)
GXNEW01.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-05-01
Moving Code in DespoolPage to GXSetUpPageImageData (HTML)
GXPD06.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-05-01
PPDs (HTML)
QD01.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-05-01
Print Scaling (HTML)
QD05.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-05-01
Printer Drivers and KanjiTalk 7.5 (HTML)
QD02.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-05-01
QuickDraw GX 'ptyp' resources (HTML)
GXPD15.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-05-01
QuickDraw GX and Layout Shapes (HTML)
GXTY04.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-05-01
QuickDraw GX Font Problems (HTML)
GXTY07.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-05-01
QuickDraw GX General Print Panel (HTML)
GXPD12.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-05-01
QuickDraw GX Printing Extensions (HTML)
GXPD03.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-05-01
QuickDraw Printer Drivers and Colorsync (HTML)
QD04.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-05-01
Saving Paper Type Information (HTML)
GXPD18.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-05-01
SCSI Calls Translated for IDE Devices (HTML)
DV02.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-05-01
Using PrGeneral() to Download Fonts (HTML)
QD06.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-05-01