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4 | Raster API introduction for the Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS). | |
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25 | <h2 class='title'>Introduction</h2> | |
26 | ||
27 | <p>The CUPS raster API provides a standard interface for reading | |
28 | and writing CUPS raster streams which are used for printing to | |
29 | raster printers. Because the raster format is updated from time | |
30 | to time, it is important to use this API to avoid | |
31 | incompatibilities with newer versions of CUPS.</p> | |
32 | ||
33 | <h2 class='title'>General Usage</h2> | |
34 | ||
35 | <p>The <var><cups/raster.h></var> header file must be | |
36 | included to use the <tt>cupsRaster</tt> functions.</p> | |
37 | ||
38 | <p>Programs using these functions must be linked to the CUPS | |
39 | imaging library: <var>libcupsimage.a</var>, | |
40 | <var>libcupsimage.so.2</var>, <var>libcupsimage.2.dylib</var>, | |
41 | <var>libcupsimage_s.a</var>, or <var>libcupsimage2.lib</var> | |
42 | depending on the platform. The following command compiles | |
43 | <var>myprogram.c</var> using GCC and the CUPS imaging | |
44 | library:</p> | |
45 | ||
46 | <pre class='command'> | |
47 | <kbd>gcc -o myprogram myprogram.c -lcupsimage</kbd> | |
48 | </pre> | |
49 | ||
50 | <h2 class='title'>Compatibility</h2> | |
51 | ||
52 | <p>Unless otherwise specified, the raster API functions require | |
53 | CUPS 1.1 or higher.</p> | |
54 | ||
55 | <h2 class='title'>Licensing</h2> | |
56 | ||
57 | <p>The CUPS raster API is provided under the terms of the GNU | |
58 | General Public License, with exceptions for MacOS X-based | |
59 | programs. Please see the CUPS license agreement for more | |
60 | information.</p> |