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4 | Raster API introduction for the Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS). | |
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5a738aea | 6 | Copyright 2007-2008 by Apple Inc. |
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15 | ||
5a738aea | 16 | <h2 class='title'><a name="OVERVIEW">Overview</a></h2> |
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18 | <p>The CUPS raster API provides a standard interface for reading and writing |
19 | CUPS raster streams which are used for printing to raster printers. Because the | |
20 | raster format is updated from time to time, it is important to use this API to | |
21 | avoid incompatibilities with newer versions of CUPS.</p> | |
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23 | <p>Two kinds of CUPS filters use the CUPS raster API - raster image processor |
24 | (RIP) filters such as <code>pstoraster</code> and <code>cgpdftoraster</code> | |
25 | (Mac OS X) that produce CUPS raster files and printer driver filters that | |
26 | convert CUPS raster files into a format usable by the printer. Printer | |
27 | driver filters are by far the most common.</p> | |
28 | ||
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29 | <p>CUPS raster files (<code>application/vnd.cups-raster</code>) consists of |
30 | a stream of raster page descriptions produced by one of the RIP filters such as | |
31 | <var>pstoraster</var>, <var>imagetoraster</var>, or | |
32 | <var>cgpdftoraster</var>. CUPS raster files are referred to using the | |
33 | <a href='#cups_raster_t'><code>cups_raster_t</code></a> type and are | |
34 | opened using the <a href='#cupsRasterOpen'><code>cupsRasterOpen</code></a> | |
35 | function. For example, to read raster data from the standard input, open | |
36 | file descriptor 0:</p> | |
b423cd4c | 37 | |
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38 | <pre class="example"> |
39 | #include <cups/raster.h>> | |
b423cd4c | 40 | |
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41 | <a href="#cups_raster_t">cups_raster_t</a> *ras = <a href="#cupsRasterOpen">cupsRasterOpen</a>(0, CUPS_RASTER_READ); |
42 | </pre> | |
43 | ||
44 | <p>Each page of data begins with a page dictionary structure called | |
45 | <a href="#cups_page_header2_t"><code>cups_page_header2_t</code></a>. This | |
46 | structure contains the colorspace, bits per color, media size, media type, | |
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47 | hardware resolution, and so forth used for the page.</p> |
48 | ||
49 | <blockquote><b>Note:</b> | |
50 | ||
51 | <p>Do not confuse the colorspace in the page header with the PPD | |
52 | <tt>ColorModel</tt> keyword. <tt>ColorModel</tt> refers to the general type of | |
53 | color used for a device (Gray, RGB, CMYK, DeviceN) and is often used to | |
54 | select a particular colorspace for the page header along with the associate | |
55 | color profile. The page header colorspace (<tt>cupsColorSpace</tt>) describes | |
56 | both the type and organization of the color data, for example KCMY (black | |
57 | first) instead of CMYK and RGBA (RGB + alpha) instead of RGB.</p> | |
58 | ||
59 | </blockquote> | |
60 | ||
61 | <p>You read the page header using the | |
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62 | <a href="#cupsRasterReadHeader2"><code>cupsRasterReadHeader2</code></a> |
63 | function:</p> | |
64 | ||
65 | <pre class="example"> | |
66 | #include <cups/raster.h>> | |
67 | ||
68 | <a href="#cups_raster_t">cups_raster_t</a> *ras = <a href="#cupsRasterOpen">cupsRasterOpen</a>(0, CUPS_RASTER_READ); | |
69 | <a href="#cups_page_header2_t">cups_page_header2_t</a> header; | |
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71 | while (<a href="#cupsRasterReadHeader2">cupsRasterReadHeader2</a>(ras, &header)) |
72 | { | |
73 | /* setup this page */ | |
74 | ||
75 | /* read raster data */ | |
76 | ||
77 | /* finish this page */ | |
78 | } | |
b423cd4c | 79 | </pre> |
80 | ||
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81 | <p>After the page dictionary comes the page data which is a full-resolution, |
82 | possibly compressed bitmap representing the page in the printer's output | |
83 | colorspace. You read uncompressed raster data using the | |
84 | <a href="#cupsRasterReadPixels"><code>cupsRasterReadPixels</code></a> | |
85 | function. A <code>for</code> loop is normally used to read the page one line | |
86 | at a time:</p> | |
87 | ||
88 | <pre class="example"> | |
89 | #include <cups/raster.h>> | |
90 | ||
91 | <a href="#cups_raster_t">cups_raster_t</a> *ras = <a href="#cupsRasterOpen">cupsRasterOpen</a>(0, CUPS_RASTER_READ); | |
92 | <a href="#cups_page_header2_t">cups_page_header2_t</a> header; | |
93 | int page = 0; | |
94 | int y; | |
95 | char *buffer; | |
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97 | while (<a href="#cupsRasterReadHeader2">cupsRasterReadHeader2</a>(ras, &header)) |
98 | { | |
99 | /* setup this page */ | |
100 | page ++; | |
101 | fprintf(stderr, "PAGE: %d %d\n", page, header.NumCopies); | |
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103 | /* allocate memory for 1 line */ |
104 | buffer = malloc(header.cupsBytesPerLine); | |
b423cd4c | 105 | |
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106 | /* read raster data */ |
107 | for (y = 0; y < header.cupsHeight; y ++) | |
108 | { | |
109 | if (<a href="#cupsRasterReadPixels">cupsRasterReadPixels</a>(ras, buffer, header.cupsBytesPerLine) == 0) | |
110 | break; | |
111 | ||
db0bd74a | 112 | /* write raster data to printer on stdout */ |
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113 | } |
114 | ||
115 | /* finish this page */ | |
116 | } | |
117 | </pre> | |
118 | ||
119 | <p>When you are done reading the raster data, call the | |
120 | <a href="#cupsRasterClose"><code>cupsRasterClose</code></a> function to free | |
121 | the memory used to read the raster file:</p> | |
122 | ||
123 | <pre class="example"> | |
124 | <a href="#cups_raster_t">cups_raster_t</a> *ras; | |
125 | ||
126 | <a href="#cupsRasterClose">cupsRasterClose</a>(ras); | |
127 | </pre> | |
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128 | |
129 | ||
130 | <h2 class='title'><a name="TASKS">Functions by Task</a></h2> | |
131 | ||
132 | <h3><a name="OPENCLOSE">Opening and Closing Raster Streams</a></h3> | |
133 | ||
134 | <ul class="code"> | |
135 | ||
136 | <li><a href="#cupsRasterClose" title="Close a raster stream.">cupsRasterClose</a></li> | |
137 | <li><a href="#cupsRasterOpen" title="Open a raster stream.">cupsRasterOpen</a></li> | |
138 | ||
139 | </ul> | |
140 | ||
141 | <h3><a name="READING">Reading Raster Streams</a></h3> | |
142 | ||
143 | <ul class="code"> | |
144 | ||
145 | <li><a href="#cupsRasterReadHeader" title="Read a raster page header and store it in a version 1 page header structure.">cupsRasterReadHeader</a> <span class="info">Deprecated in CUPS 1.2/Mac OS X 10.5</span></li> | |
146 | <li><a href="#cupsRasterReadHeader2" title="Read a raster page header and store it in a version 2 page header structure.">cupsRasterReadHeader2</a></li> | |
147 | <li><a href="#cupsRasterReadPixels" title="Read raster pixels.">cupsRasterReadPixels</a></li> | |
148 | ||
149 | </ul> | |
150 | ||
151 | <h3><a name="WRITING">Writing Raster Streams</a></h3> | |
152 | ||
153 | <ul class="code"> | |
154 | ||
155 | <li><a href="#cupsRasterInterpretPPD" title="Interpret PPD commands to create a page header.">cupsRasterInterpretPPD</a></li> | |
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156 | <li><a href="#cupsRasterWriteHeader" title="Write a raster page header from a version 1 page header structure.">cupsRasterWriteHeader</a> <span class="info">Deprecated in CUPS 1.2/Mac OS X 10.5</span></li> |
157 | <li><a href="#cupsRasterWriteHeader2" title="Write a raster page header from a version 2 page header structure.">cupsRasterWriteHeader2</a></li> | |
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158 | <li><a href="#cupsRasterWritePixels" title="Write raster pixels.">cupsRasterWritePixels</a></li> |
159 | ||
160 | </ul> |