Epic 880TM Programmers Notes

Windows Printer Driver

A Windows printer driver is a Microsoft specific, Microsoft defined, type of driver that the OS uses to translate drawing commands by a Windows application to a specific printer’s command set. A window’s printer driver is a graphics page mode driver. It is not a POS (Point of Sale) driver. (Have you ever had to open a cash drawer that was connected to your printer at home?)

PC Hardware

Window’s Operating System

Windows Print

 

 

Application

 

GDI

 

 

 

 

Graphics

 

 

Device

 

 

Interface

 

 

Part of

 

 

the

 

 

Windows

 

 

API

 

 

 

Printer

Driver

Printer

Driver

Port Driver

Serial

OR Parallel

OR

USB

OR Whatever

Port Hardware

Serial

OR

Parallel

OR

USB bus.

OR Whatever.

Figure 32 Windows Driver

When to use a windows printer driver:

Use a printer driver when writing a program that uses the Window’s API to send print information to the printer.

When not to use a windows printer driver:

When a program wants to send printer command codes to the printer or when a program wants to get information back from a printer.

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