Technical Overview
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Chapter 2. Technical Overview

This chapter aims to give a technical overview of TDEPrint which non-programmers can comprehend.

TDEPrint is a new and revolutionary tool to give easy access to printing services for both TDE users and TDE developers.

A Brief Description of TDEPrint

You can access the functions of TDEPrint in different ways: through the Printing Manger in the KControl, through the kprinter command or through the dialog that pops up if you want to print.

What it is not

TDEPrint is not a replacement for the printing subsystem itself. TDEPrint does not therefore give provision for spooling, and it does not do the basic processing of PostScript® or other print data.

What it is

TDEPrint is an intermediate layer between the spooling and the data processing print subsystem (as installed), and the application that seeks to print. TDEPrint provides a common interface for TDE developers and TDE users, to various supported print subsystems. At the same time, it is customizable, and highly configurable.

TDEPrint is easy to use for both TDE developers and end-users. Developers can port their applications, with minimal changes, to use TDEPrint instead of the old Qt™ print “system”. Users can easily choose and configure their print subsystem.

For a reference to new TDE users: Qt™ is the basic library and graphical toolkit, which is used by all TDE applications; Qt™ is developed by TrollTech, a Norwegian software company.

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