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# outputType

The kind of printable content.

```
var outputType: UIPrintInfo.OutputType { get set }
```

## Discussion

The output type can be general, photo, or grayscale. An application can set this property to a value thats appropriate to the printable content. The default is [`UIPrintInfo.OutputType.general`](/documentation/UIKit/UIPrintInfo/OutputType-swift.enum/general).  See the descriptions of the [`UIPrintInfo.OutputType`](/documentation/UIKit/UIPrintInfo/OutputType-swift.enum) constants for more information.

The output type controls the quality and default paper size used in printing. For example, if your application only prints black text, setting this property to [`UIPrintInfo.OutputType.grayscale`](/documentation/UIKit/UIPrintInfo/OutputType-swift.enum/grayscale) can result in better performance in many cases. See [`UIPrintPaper`](/documentation/UIKit/UIPrintPaper) for details.

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