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Cocoa is an object-oriented application environment designed specifically for developing Mac OS X-only native applications. The Cocoa frameworks support rapid development and high productivity, and include a full-featured set of classes designed to create robust and powerful Mac OS X applications. Cocoa provides a set of classes that work together to make basic printing support easy and allow developers to provide the level of control their application needs in its printing behavior.

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NSPrintInfo Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class for managing print job information.
Reference 2008-03-11
NSView Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class that defines the basic drawing, event-handling, and printing architecture of an application.
Reference 2008-03-11
OutputBins2PDE (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
A Printer PDE demonstrating new features in 10.5
Sample Code 2008-02-08
PDEPanel Protocol Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the informal protocol used to implement custom panes in a printing dialog.
Reference 2007-12-11
PDEPlugIn Protocol Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the informal protocol used to add custom panes to a printing dialog.
Reference 2007-12-11
PDEPlugInCallbackProtocol Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the informal protocol used to access information about the current print job.
Reference 2007-12-11
Providing PDF Workflow Options in the Print Dialog (HTML) (PDF)
Installation information and examples, including the use of Automator workflows.
Guides 2007-10-31
How to measure CG text (HTML)
QA1051: Explains how to measure Core Graphics text.
Technical Q&As 2007-08-02
Core Printing Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the C API that provides an abstraction layer for application printing.
Reference 2007-07-24
Gathering all PostScript Printer Descriptions (PPDs) (HTML)
QA1529: Describes a work around for an issue in PMCopyAvailablePPDs on Mac OS X 10.4 and below
Technical Q&As 2007-07-18
NSPrintPanel Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class for managing the print dialog.
Reference 2007-07-16
ViewController (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to use "NSViewController".
Sample Code 2007-06-11
NSBox Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class that implements a view that can display its border and a title.
Reference 2007-05-30
NSPageLayout Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class that instantiates a dialog to query the user for printing information such as paper type.
Reference 2007-04-11
NSPrintOperation Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class for initiating and managing print jobs.
Reference 2007-03-02
NSPrinter Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class for managing printer information.
Reference 2007-01-29
Printing Programming Topics for Cocoa (HTML) (PDF)
Explains how to support printing in Cocoa applications.
Guides 2006-06-28
Using PostScript Printer Description Files (HTML) (PDF)
Information for printer vendors. Includes installing files, PPD/PDE binding, and grouping features.
Guides 2005-07-07
PMPrinterTest (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Get specific printer information for your application using the PMPrinter APIs
Sample Code 2004-11-05
The Enhanced Print Apple Event (HTML)
TN2082: Describes an enhancement to the print Apple event that gives developers more control over scripted printing.
Technical Notes 2003-12-09
Quartz 2D Thread Safety (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1238: Explains the thread-safety issues for the Quartz 2D API.
Technical Q&As 2003-02-25
Quartz 2D Interpolation (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1186: Explains how to control Quartz 2D's image interpolation.
Technical Q&As 2002-10-29
CGContextClosePath (HTML)
QA1046: Explains when you should call CGContextClosePath.
Technical Q&As 2001-10-02
Saving the current Core Graphics Path (HTML)
QA1056: Explains that the Core Graphics save and restore GState APIs do not affect the path.
Technical Q&As 2001-10-02
CGContext Bounds (HTML)
QA1048: Explains how to determine the bounds of a CGContext.
Technical Q&As 2001-07-02
CGContextAddLineToPoint, CGContextAddCurveToPoint, et. al. (HTML)
QA1049: Explains why the CGContextAddXYZ APIs don't draw anything immediately.
Technical Q&As 2001-07-02
Drawing a Path Multiple Times (HTML)
QA1047: Explains that path drawing operations consume the path.
Technical Q&As 2001-07-02
Turning Off Core Graphics Clipping (HTML)
QA1050: Explains how to clear the clipping path for a CGContext.
Technical Q&As 2001-07-02
Unexpected CG state changes (HTML)
QA1045: Explains why the Core Graphics drawing state sometimes changes for no apparent reason.
Technical Q&As 2001-07-02