Printer functions

printer_open
printer_abort
printer_close
printer_write
printer_list
printer_set_option
printer_get_option
printer_create_dc
printer_delete_dc
printer_start_doc
printer_end_doc
printer_start_page
printer_end_page
printer_create_pen
printer_delete_pen
printer_select_pen
printer_create_brush
printer_delete_brush
printer_select_brush
printer_create_font
printer_delete_font
printer_select_font
printer_logical_fontheight
printer_draw_roundrect
printer_draw_rectangle
printer_draw_elipse
printer_draw_text
printer_draw_line
printer_draw_chord
printer_draw_pie
printer_draw_bmp

6.80.8 printer_create_dc

Description

void printer_create_dc(resource handle )

The function creates a new device context. A device context is used to customize the graphic objects of the document. handle must be a valid handle to a printer.

printer_create_dc example

$handle = printer_open(); printer_start_doc($handle); printer_start_page($handle); printer_create_dc($handle); /* do some stuff with the dc */ printer_set_option($handle, PRINTER_TEXT_COLOR, "333333"); printer_draw_text($handle, 1, 1, "text"); printer_delete_dc($handle); /* create another dc */ printer_create_dc($handle); printer_set_option($handle, PRINTER_TEXT_COLOR, "000000"); printer_draw_text($handle, 1, 1, "text"); /* do some stuff with the dc */ printer_delete_dc($handle); printer_endpage($handle); printer_end_doc($handle); printer_close($handle);