http://www.undocprint.org/ 2008-08-12T01:13:55+01:00 http://www.undocprint.org/ http://www.undocprint.org/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2008-08-12T00:52:08+01:00 anonymous@66.28.19.2 http://www.undocprint.org/winspool/spool_files?do=diff&1218495128 Warning While you might use the informations you find here to extract EMF and other data from the Windows spoolfiles, you should remember, that this informations is undocumented and might change without prior notice! "You can probably locate t... text/html 2008-08-10T12:59:28+01:00 anonymous@192.127.94.7 http://www.undocprint.org/formats/page_description_languages/pcl?do=diff&1218365968 HP created PCL to provide an efficient way to control printer features across many different printing devices. PCL was originally devised, in the early 1980s, for HP’s dot matrix and Inkjet printers. The first printer in HP’s LaserJet se... text/html 2008-07-30T19:37:34+01:00 anonymous@123.237.87.193 http://www.undocprint.org/formats/winspool/shd?do=diff&1217439454 The print job’s spooled data is contained in a spool file. The shadow file includes some additional informations used by the spooler, like job settings. For each print job there are two spool files generated by the Windows® NT/2000 spoole... text/html 2008-07-11T11:07:35+01:00 Christoph Lindemann (christoph@192.168.10.1) http://www.undocprint.org/formats/printer_control_languages/pjl?do=diff&1215767255 PJL was developed by Hewlett-Packard to provide a method for switching printer languages at the job level, and for status readback between the printer and the host computer. PJL offers application programs an efficient way to remotely control Hewlet... text/html 2008-07-07T21:03:18+01:00 anonymous@67.92.200.74 http://www.undocprint.org/formats/page_description_languages/xps?do=diff&1215457398 The XML Paper Specification (XPS), formerly codenamed “Metro”, is a document storage and viewing specification developed by Microsoft. The specification itself describes the formats and rules for distributing, archiving, rendering, and p... text/html 2008-06-11T09:49:54+01:00 Christoph Lindemann (christoph@192.168.10.1) http://www.undocprint.org/links?do=diff&1213170594 Links that are interesting to developers and engineers. General Printer Working Group: Various printing standards Open Printing Workgroup: Standardizing on a Scalable Print Environment in *nix. Cyrion Technologies: PCL and Windows Printing info... text/html 2008-05-29T13:11:07+01:00 anonymous@217.34.44.188 http://www.undocprint.org/formats/communication_protocols/parallel_port?do=diff&1212059467 A parallel port is a type of socket found on personal computers for interfacing with various peripherals. It is also known as a printer port or Centronics port. The IEEE Standard 1284 standard defines the bi-directional version of the port. Standa... text/html 2008-05-08T10:43:16+01:00 Christoph Lindemann (christoph@192.168.10.1) http://www.undocprint.org/winspool/fonts?do=diff&1210236196 Information about fonts under Windows. Windows Supports several different font technologies: Raster Vector TrueType / OpenType t2embapi.h and fontsub.h Microsoft provides font embedding support dll’s with all it operating systems &ldqu... text/html 2008-04-28T16:19:40+01:00 anonymous@75.72.50.204 http://www.undocprint.org/formats/page_description_languages/oakt?do=diff&1209392380 Printer language used by HP Color LaserJet 1500 and Kyocera KM-1635 GX, KM-2035 GX, CS-1635 GX, CS-2035 GX. Sample $ foo2oak-wrapper testpage.ps | oakdecode 0d (80) 1 OTHER 0c (64) Fri Nov 9 20:19:23 2007, 1194661163, 2007/11/09 20:19:23 0a (80) ... text/html 2008-04-16T11:26:57+01:00 Christoph Lindemann (christoph@192.168.10.1) http://www.undocprint.org/formats/winspool/emf?do=diff&1208338017 For GDI+ records embedded in EMF please see the EMF+ documentation. Enhanced metafiles provide true device independence. You can think of the picture stored in an enhanced metafile as a “snapshot” of the video display taken at a partic... text/html 2008-04-09T19:14:23+01:00 Christoph Lindemann (christoph@192.168.10.1) http://www.undocprint.org/start?do=diff&1207761263 If you have any further informations, please do not hesitate to edit the Wiki. You can also contact me at christoph [at] lindemann [dot] nu News Undocprint has moved. The new address is www.undocprint.org. — Christoph Lindemann 2006/12/1... text/html 2008-04-08T10:35:22+01:00 Christoph Lindemann (christoph@192.168.10.1) http://www.undocprint.org/formats/winspool/spl?do=diff&1207643722 The print job’s spooled data is contained in a spool file. For each print job there are two spool files generated by the Windows® NT/2000 spooler. One file with the .SHD extension for job settings, and one with the .SPL extension for the... text/html 2008-04-08T09:35:47+01:00 Christoph Lindemann (christoph@192.168.10.1) http://www.undocprint.org/formats/winspool/emf_plus?do=diff&1207640147 With GDI+, Microsoft released a new metafile format called EMF+. EMF+ metafiles are much friendlier to GDI+ operations, and would be very handy things to have around, except for one fact: they didn’t release any documentation on the format of ... text/html 2008-03-21T19:42:15+01:00 anonymous@75.72.50.204 http://www.undocprint.org/formats/page_description_languages/granite_image_printer_driver?do=diff&1206124935 This is a GDI language produced by Monotype Imaging, Inc. Used for some Lexmark (X500) and Dell (MFP 1125) printers. Sample $ gipddecode -h </home/rick/c500n/x500web.prn 0: OFST 0 len=128 80: OFST 1 len=128 100: OFST 2 len=128 ... text/html 2008-03-21T14:30:13+01:00 anonymous@75.72.50.204 http://www.undocprint.org/formats/page_description_languages?do=diff&1206106213 Printer Page Description and Markup Languages AFPDS HBP - Brother Host Based Printing Brother NCM (Brother Native Compression Mode) Brother P-Touch Canon BJL Canon UFR (Canon Ultra Fast Rendering) CAPT (Canon Advanced Printing Technology) CaPS... text/html 2008-03-07T10:00:21+01:00 Christoph Lindemann (christoph@192.168.10.1) http://www.undocprint.org/formats/font_formats?do=diff&1204880421 See also http://fontforge.sourceforge.net/bibliography.html#Formats PostScript Standard PostScript Type0 Compact Font Format Specification (CFF) See also PostScript Multiple Master PostScript Type1 Postscript Type1 Specifications Suppleme... text/html 2008-02-25T17:37:15+01:00 anonymous@74.59.60.34 http://www.undocprint.org/formats/page_description_languages/proprinter?do=diff&1203957435 The command for selecting print mode is ESC I n Below are tables of n values and what print mode each supports: Proprinter and Proprinter XL N Values Print Mode Ctrl+@ DP Resident Ctrl+B NLQ Resident Ctrl+D DP Resident ... text/html 2008-02-19T12:46:09+01:00 Christoph Lindemann (christoph@192.168.10.1) http://www.undocprint.org/winspool/devmode?do=diff&1203421569 Over the years the DEVMODE structure has been extended. This page should give an overview of the differences. Version ID Notes DM_SPECVERSION_0320 0×0320 Windows NT 3.x DM_SPECVERSION_0400 0×0400 W... text/html 2008-02-19T12:32:58+01:00 Christoph Lindemann (christoph@192.168.10.1) http://www.undocprint.org/winspool/drivers?do=diff&1203420778 Windows Printer Drivers OEM Driver Plugins Driver Functions Printer Escape Functions DEVMODE Specifications Mailing List WinPrnDev - Windows Printer Driver Development This list is dedicated to the development of printer drivers and spooler... text/html 2008-02-05T13:28:02+01:00 Christoph Lindemann (christoph@192.168.10.1) http://www.undocprint.org/formats/page_description_languages/dpl?do=diff&1202214482 Commands used for DPL Command Description <STX>m Set the printer in metric ...