Printing

The CDE printing facility is for use primarily by applications that perform X printing, but is sufficiently generalized for use by any CDE application. The application user typically prints files through a set of dialogs that are invoked when the user selects (for example) the application's pull-down menu for printing a file.

Two facilities for supporting printing are available to the application developer:

The DtPrint convenience functions — These provide the user dialogs for setting print options. This facility also establishes and maintains print connections, initiates printing, and maintains the print setup data.
The Print Dialog Manager — This process is separate from the X Print Server and X Printing Application; it provides printer- and spooler-specific setup dialogs.

Printing

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