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Leopard Technical Q&As: Legacy Documents
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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Make sure your PPD Plugin calls ppdCloseCompiledPPDFromTicket (HTML)
QA1275.
Unsupported 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 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 2002-11-06
SCSIAction and IOSCSIUserClient on Mac OS X 10.2 (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1201.
Unsupported 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 2000-11-08
Finding the bit depth of a Carbon Printing Manager graphics context (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QD63.
Unsupported 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 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 1999-10-11
Accessing DHCP Options (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
NW61.
Unsupported 1999-04-19
Is there a relationship between the device tree and the Name Registry? (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
HW41.
Unsupported 1999-02-15
LaserWriter 8 Support for *JCL/PCL (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QD57.
Unsupported 1998-05-25
EndFormsPrinting and FormsPrinting PicComments (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QD53.
Unsupported 1998-01-16
Setting Landscape Printing from an Application (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QD54.
Unsupported 1998-01-16
Printing, Forward and Reverse Line Feeds (HTML)
QD03.
Unsupported 1997-12-01
How to Find the Printer Descriptions folder (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QD52.
Unsupported 1997-11-17
MemError (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
ME06.
Unsupported 1997-09-12
Speed of the Printer Port (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
DV31.
Unsupported 1997-07-11
LaserWriter 8.4.x - Custom page size support (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QD48.
Unsupported 1997-05-22
Connecting to a Sleeping or Dozing Macintosh (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
NW46.
Unsupported 1997-01-31
Does This Printer Support PostScript? (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QD46.
Unsupported 1997-01-09
Identically-Sized Print Files with LW 8.x (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QD47.
Unsupported 1997-01-09
Setting GX Paper Types (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
GXPD42.
Unsupported 1996-10-25
Determining a PostScript Printer's Optimal Resolution (HTML)
QD44.
Unsupported 1996-07-03
Background Printing On, Print Monitor Dialog Missing (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QD43.
Unsupported 1996-05-14
PostScript Color Printing Bug (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
GXPD39.
Unsupported 1996-05-14
Long Timeout When Opening Certain Files - A StyleWriter Quirk (HTML)
QD42.
Unsupported 1996-04-08
API for Non-GX Printing? (HTML)
QD29.
Unsupported 1996-03-04
Using Background Printing When The Finder Isn't Present (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QD41.
Unsupported 1996-03-04
Setting Port Speed on a Modem Port (HTML)
DV25.
Unsupported 1996-02-23
Kanji & PostScript Printing (HTML)
QD07.
Unsupported 1996-02-01
Selecting a PPD When no Printer is Available (HTML)
QD12.
Unsupported 1996-02-01
Suppressing the LaserWriter 8.3 Manual Feed Alert (HTML)
QD09.
Unsupported 1996-02-01
Grayscale Printing on a LaserWriter LS (HTML)
QD38.
Unsupported 1995-12-07
GrayShare Software Update (HTML)
QD39.
Unsupported 1995-12-07
ParamErr from PrClosePage (HTML)
QD37.
Unsupported 1995-12-07
Determining The Selected Printer's Address (HTML)
QD35.
Unsupported 1995-11-22
LaserWriter 7.5.2 Printing Update 1.1 (HTML)
QD36.
Unsupported 1995-11-22
LaserWriter Drivers - Which Are ColorSync Aware? (HTML)
QD34.
Unsupported 1995-11-22
Using LaserWriter fonts with StyleWriter (HTML)
QD33.
Unsupported 1995-11-22
Necessity of Calling PrJobDialog (HTML)
QD31.
Unsupported 1995-11-01
Printing Finder Icons (HTML)
QD32.
Unsupported 1995-11-01
FDecompressImage, StdPix Bottleneck Calls During Printing (HTML)
QD30.
Unsupported 1995-09-15
Locating the Selected Printer (HTML)
GXPD36.
Unsupported 1995-09-15
Adding QuickDraw GX Printing Panels (HTML)
GXPD27.
Unsupported 1995-08-01
LaserWriter GX CustomDialogs Sample (HTML)
GXPD30.
Unsupported 1995-08-01
'ptyp' Resource Documentation (HTML)
GXPD33.
Unsupported 1995-08-01
Interrupt Management (HTML)
HW10.
Unsupported 1995-07-15
PCI Card's Assigned-Address Properties (HTML)
HW20.
Unsupported 1995-07-15
PCI Device and Driver Matching (HTML)
HW16.
Unsupported 1995-07-15
Application Freezes on Startup with WorldScript I v7.1 (HTML)
QD13.
Unsupported 1995-07-01
Creating a GX Printing Extension to Obtain Print Job Information (HTML)
GXPD21.
Unsupported 1995-07-01
Fonts not Appearing in Spool File (HTML)
QD10.
Unsupported 1995-07-01
LaserWriter 8 Local Customization File (HTML)
QD11.
Unsupported 1995-07-01
LaserWriter 8.3 %%?BeginQuery: RBIAppleDevice Query (HTML)
QD08.
Unsupported 1995-07-01
WS PDS Card and SCSI Manager 4.3 (HTML)
DV17.
Unsupported 1995-07-01
Device Manager (HTML)
DV01.
Unsupported 1995-05-01
Differences between QuickDraw GX 1.1.1 and 1.0.x (HTML)
GXNEW01.
Unsupported 1995-05-01
Moving Code in DespoolPage to GXSetUpPageImageData (HTML)
GXPD06.
Unsupported 1995-05-01
PPDs (HTML)
QD01.
Unsupported 1995-05-01
Print Scaling (HTML)
QD05.
Unsupported 1995-05-01
Printer Drivers and KanjiTalk 7.5 (HTML)
QD02.
Unsupported 1995-05-01
QuickDraw GX 'ptyp' resources (HTML)
GXPD15.
Unsupported 1995-05-01
QuickDraw GX and Layout Shapes (HTML)
GXTY04.
Unsupported 1995-05-01
QuickDraw GX Font Problems (HTML)
GXTY07.
Unsupported 1995-05-01
QuickDraw GX General Print Panel (HTML)
GXPD12.
Unsupported 1995-05-01
QuickDraw GX Printing Extensions (HTML)
GXPD03.
Unsupported 1995-05-01
QuickDraw Printer Drivers and Colorsync (HTML)
QD04.
Unsupported 1995-05-01
Saving Paper Type Information (HTML)
GXPD18.
Unsupported 1995-05-01
SCSI Calls Translated for IDE Devices (HTML)
DV02.
Unsupported 1995-05-01
Using PrGeneral() to Download Fonts (HTML)
QD06.
Unsupported 1995-05-01