NSPrintOperation Class Reference

Tasks

Creating an NSPrintOperation

• + EPSOperationWithView:insideRect:toData:
• + EPSOperationWithView:insideRect:toData:printInfo:
• + EPSOperationWithView:insideRect:toPath:printInfo:
• + PDFOperationWithView:insideRect:toData:
• + PDFOperationWithView:insideRect:toData:printInfo:
• + PDFOperationWithView:insideRect:toPath:printInfo:
• + printOperationWithView:
• + printOperationWithView:printInfo:

Setting the Current NSPrintOperation for This Thread

• + currentOperation
• + setCurrentOperation:

Determining the Type of Operation

• – isCopyingOperation

Modifying the NSPrintInfo Object

• – printInfo
• – setPrintInfo:

Getting the NSView Object

• – view

Printing Quality

• – preferredRenderingQuality

Running a Print Operation

• – runOperation
• – runOperationModalForWindow:delegate:didRunSelector:contextInfo:
• – cleanUpOperation
• – deliverResult

Modifying the User Interface

• – showsPrintPanel
• – setShowsPrintPanel:
• – showsProgressPanel
• – setShowsProgressPanel:
• – jobTitle
• – setJobTitle:
• – printPanel
• – setPrintPanel:

Managing the Drawing Context

• – context
• – createContext
• – destroyContext

Managing Page Information

• – currentPage
• – pageRange
• – pageOrder
• – setPageOrder:

Managing Printing-Related Threads

• – canSpawnSeparateThread
• – setCanSpawnSeparateThread:

Deprecated Methods

• – accessoryView Deprecated in OS X v10.5
• – jobStyleHint Deprecated in OS X v10.5
• – setAccessoryView: Deprecated in OS X v10.5
• – setJobStyleHint: Deprecated in OS X v10.5
• – setShowPanels: Deprecated in OS X v10.4 and later
• – showPanels Deprecated in OS X v10.4 and later

- (void)drawRect:(NSRect)rect {

    NSGraphicsContext *currentContext = [NSGraphicsContext currentContext];

    if (![currentContext isDrawingToScreen]) {

        NSPrintOperation *printOperation = [NSPrintOperation currentOperation]

        if ([printOperation preferredRenderingQuality] == NSPrintRenderingQualityResponsive) {

            // Render with the best possible quality such that the user interface remains responsive

        } else {

            // Printing, do a full render

        }

    }

}

- (void)printOperationDidRun:(NSPrintOperation *)printOperation  success:(BOOL)success  contextInfo:(void *)contextInfo

typedef enum _NSPrintingPageOrder {
   NSDescendingPageOrder = (-1),
   NSSpecialPageOrder    = 0,
   NSAscendingPageOrder  = 1,
   NSUnknownPageOrder    = 2
} NSPrintingPageOrder;

NSString *NSPrintOperationExistsException;

enum {
   NSPrintRenderingQualityBest,
   NSPrintRenderingQualityResponsive
};
typedef NSInteger NSPrintRenderingQuality;