Impressario^™ Programming Guide

Table of Contents

About This Guide

Audience

New Features

How to Use This Guide

Conventions Used in This Guide

Document Overview

Related Publications

1. Impressario Architecture

Overview

Impressario Printing Architecture

Complying With the Impressario Scanning Architecture

2. Printer Drivers

Overview

Printer Driver Processing

Printer Driver Examples

The Filter/Driver Specification and psrip

3. Printer Model Files

Overview

Command-Line Arguments

Template Model File Execution

Printer-Specific Options

Developer-Supplied Model File Additions

4. Printer Graphical Options Panel

Overview

Graphical Options Panel Layout

Options Handling

Graphical Options Panel Development

Graphical Options Panel Naming

Graphical Options Panel Installation

Invocation by the PrintBox Widget

Standalone Invocation for Testing

Termination by the PrintBox Widget

Additional Information

5. Printing Libraries

The libspool Library

The libprintui Library

The libpod Library

6. Scanner Drivers

Driver Template

Header Files

Data Structures

Functions You Must Write

Events

Installation

Testing

7. Scanner-Specific Options

Overview

Options Program and the Scanner Driver Interface

Scanner Driver's Perspective

Options Program's Perspective

Installation and Testing

8. Generic Scanner Interface

Overview

Coordinate System for Scanning

Data Structures

Data Type Conventions

Functions

Events

9. Testing for Impressario Compatibility

Testing Impressario Printing Compatibility

10. Packaging Your Impressario Product

Overview

Making a tar Archive for Software Distribution

Packaging Impressario Printing Software

Packaging Impressario Scanning Software

11. Enhancing Impressario With Plug-Ins

How the Impressario File Conversion Pipeline Works

Adding a New File Type to Impressario

Using an Alternate PostScript RIP

A. Stream TIFF Data Format

Library Description

Library Access

Library Functions

Printing-Specific STIFF

Generic STIFF File Structure

B. Silicon Graphics Image File Format API

Library Description

Library Access

Library Functions

IMPImage Structure

Image Access Functions

C. Printer Object Database (POD) File Formats

Overview

General Syntax

Input Parsing Rules for libpod Files

Printer Configuration File Format

Printer Status File Format

Printer Log File Format

D. Transition Notes

Notes for Application Developers

Notes for Printer Driver Developers

General Changes in IRIX 6.2

E. Scanner Driver Architecture

Overview

Driver Structure

Scanner Functions

Queues and Multi-Threaded Scanner Drivers

F. Reference Pages

G. Color Management in Impressario

An Overview

ICC Color Profiles

Color Rendering Dictionaries

Generating CRDs and ICC Profiles

H. Using the Adobe Configurable PostScript Interpreter

I. Impressario PPD Driver Implementation

About PPD Files

Adding a PPD File to the System

Customizing a PPD File

PPD Driver Files

What Happens When a PPD Driver Is Installed

Where to Find PPD Files for a Specific Printer

Applicable Reference Pages

Glossary

Index