QPrintEngine Class▲
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Header: QPrintEngine
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qmake: QT += printsupport
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Inherited By:
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Group: QPrintEngine is part of Printer and Printing APIs
Detailed Description▲
The common case when creating your own print engine is to derive from both QPaintEngine and QPrintEngine. Various properties of a print engine are given with property() and set with setProperty().
See Also▲
See also QPaintEngine
Member Type Documentation▲
enum QPrintEngine::PrintEnginePropertyKey▲
This enum is used to communicate properties between the print engine and QPrinter. A property may or may not be supported by a given print engine.
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Constant |
Value |
Description |
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QPrintEngine::PPK_CollateCopies |
0 |
A boolean value indicating whether the printout should be collated or not. |
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QPrintEngine::PPK_ColorMode |
1 |
Refers to QPrinter::ColorMode, either color or monochrome. |
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QPrintEngine::PPK_Creator |
2 |
A string describing the document's creator. |
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QPrintEngine::PPK_Duplex |
20 |
A boolean value indicating whether both sides of the printer paper should be used for the printout. |
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QPrintEngine::PPK_DocumentName |
3 |
A string describing the document name in the spooler. |
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QPrintEngine::PPK_FontEmbedding |
19 |
A boolean value indicating whether data for the document's fonts should be embedded in the data sent to the printer. |
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QPrintEngine::PPK_FullPage |
4 |
A boolean describing if the printer should be full page or not. |
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QPrintEngine::PPK_NumberOfCopies |
5 |
Obsolete. An integer specifying the number of copies. Use PPK_CopyCount instead. |
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QPrintEngine::PPK_Orientation |
6 |
Specifies a QPrinter::Orientation value. |
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QPrintEngine::PPK_OutputFileName |
7 |
The output file name as a string. An empty file name indicates that the printer should not print to a file. |
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QPrintEngine::PPK_PageOrder |
8 |
Specifies a QPrinter::PageOrder value. |
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QPrintEngine::PPK_PageRect |
9 |
A QRect specifying the page rectangle |
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QPrintEngine::PPK_PageSize |
10 |
Obsolete. Use PPK_PaperSize instead. |
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QPrintEngine::PPK_PaperRect |
11 |
A QRect specifying the paper rectangle. |
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QPrintEngine::PPK_PaperSource |
12 |
Specifies a QPrinter::PaperSource value. |
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QPrintEngine::PPK_PaperSources |
21 |
Specifies more than one QPrinter::PaperSource value. |
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QPrintEngine::PPK_PaperName |
26 |
A string specifying the name of the paper. |
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QPrintEngine::PPK_PaperSize |
PPK_PageSize |
Specifies a QPrinter::PaperSize value. |
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QPrintEngine::PPK_PrinterName |
13 |
A string specifying the name of the printer. |
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QPrintEngine::PPK_PrinterProgram |
14 |
A string specifying the name of the printer program used for printing, |
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QPrintEngine::PPK_Resolution |
15 |
An integer describing the dots per inch for this printer. |
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QPrintEngine::PPK_SelectionOption |
16 |
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QPrintEngine::PPK_SupportedResolutions |
17 |
A list of integer QVariants describing the set of supported resolutions that the printer has. |
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QPrintEngine::PPK_WindowsPageSize |
18 |
An integer specifying a DM_PAPER entry on Windows. |
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QPrintEngine::PPK_CustomPaperSize |
22 |
A QSizeF specifying a custom paper size in the QPrinter::Point unit. |
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QPrintEngine::PPK_PageMargins |
23 |
A QList<QVariant> containing the left, top, right and bottom margin values in the QPrinter::Point unit. |
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QPrintEngine::PPK_CopyCount |
24 |
An integer specifying the number of copies to print. |
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QPrintEngine::PPK_SupportsMultipleCopies |
25 |
A boolean value indicating whether or not the printer supports printing multiple copies in one job. |
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QPrintEngine::PPK_QPageSize |
27 |
Set the page size using a QPageSize object. |
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QPrintEngine::PPK_QPageMargins |
28 |
Set the page margins using a QPair of QMarginsF and QPageLayout::Unit. |
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QPrintEngine::PPK_QPageLayout |
29 |
Set the page layout using a QPageLayout object. |
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QPrintEngine::PPK_CustomBase |
0xff00 |
Basis for extension. |
Member Function Documentation▲
[virtual] QPrintEngine::~QPrintEngine()▲
Destroys the print engine.
[pure virtual] bool QPrintEngine::abort()▲
Instructs the print engine to abort the printing process. Returns true if successful; otherwise returns false.
[pure virtual] int QPrintEngine::metric(QPaintDevice::PaintDeviceMetric id) const▲
Returns the metric for the given id.
[pure virtual] bool QPrintEngine::newPage()▲
Instructs the print engine to start a new page. Returns true if the printer was able to create the new page; otherwise returns false.
[pure virtual] QPrinter::PrinterState QPrintEngine::printerState() const▲
Returns the current state of the printer being used by the print engine.