Impressario^[tm] Programming Guide

Table of Contents

Introduction

Audience

New Features

How to Use This Guide

Style Conventions

Document Overview

Related Publications

Release Identification Information

1. Impressario Architecture

Overview

Impressario Printing Architecture

Impressario Scanning Architecture

2. Installing Impressario Software

Impressario Subsystems

Installation Software Prerequisites

Disk Space Requirements

Installation Method

Software Compatibility

3. Printer Drivers

Overview

Printer Driver Processing

Printer Driver Example

Filter/Driver Specification

4. Printer Model Files

Overview

Command-Line Arguments

Template Model File Execution

Printer-Specific Options

Vendor-Supplied Model File Additions

5. 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

6. Printing Libraries

The libspool Library

The libprintui Library

The libpod Library

7. Scanner Drivers

Driver Template

Header Files

Data Structures

Functions You Must Write

Events

Installation

Testing

8. Scanner-Specific Options

Overview

Options Program and the Scanner Driver Interface

Scanner Driver's Perspective

Options Program's Perspective

Installation and Testing

9. Generic Scanner Interface

Overview

Coordinate System for Scanning

Data Structures

Data Type Conventions

Functions

Events

10. Testing for Impressario Compatibility

Testing Impressario Printing Compatibility

11. Packaging Your Impressario Product

Overview

Making a Software Distribution

Packaging Impressario Printing Software

Packaging Impressario Scanning Software

12. Enhancing Impressario with Plug-Ins

How the Impressario File Conversion Pipeline Works

Adding a New Filetype 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

Impressario 1.1 to 1.2

Impressario 1.0 to 1.2

E. Scanner Driver Architecture

Overview

Driver Structure

Scanner Functions

Queues and Multi-Threaded Scanner Drivers

F. Man Pages

Glossary

Index