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Leopard Technical Notes
The Mac OS X printing system is based on CUPS (Common UNIX Printing System). Mac OS X printing supports PostScript and raster printers, and offers features such as job spooling via IPP (Internet Printing Protocol), and PDF and Quartz imaging. The printing system allows applications to present extensible user interfaces so that developers can extend Apple's interface rather than write code to override it.
A guided introduction and learning path for developers new to Mac OS X printing.   Essential information for developers using Apple's printing environment.  
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Saving Printer Settings for Automatic Printing (HTML)
TN2155: Describes how you can save a a user selected Printer, Print Settings and Page Format to disk.
 Carbon 2007-03-29
Obtaining 16 Bits-Per-Color Data with CUPS Raster Printing (HTML)
TN2149: Obtaining 16 Bits-Per-Color Data with CUPS Raster Printing
 CUPS, Hardware & Drivers 2005-08-24
Detecting low printer ink levels (HTML)
TN2144: How to detect printer supply levels using a low ink tool
 Hardware & Drivers, Networking 2005-06-29
The Enhanced Print Apple Event (HTML)
TN2082: Describes an enhancement to the print Apple event that gives developers more control over scripted printing.
 Carbon, Cocoa 2003-12-09