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Impressario - printing and scanning server environment for SGI systems
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_I_m_p_r_e_s_s_a_r_i_o provides a printing and scanning server environment for
Silicon Graphics workstations. Printing and scanning solutions are
provided for driver developers, application programmers and end users.
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The _I_m_p_r_e_s_s_a_r_i_o printing environment is built on top of the AT&T System V
printer spooling system. Model files, filters and printer drivers are
provided to convert a wide variety of file types, including ISO text
files, many different image file formats, and PostScript documents to a
format suitable for both raster printers and PostScript printers. Using
the _I_m_p_r_e_s_s_a_r_i_o host-based PostScript interpreter it is possible to print
PostScript documents to non-PostScript printers with performance that
greatly surpasses most printer-based PostScript interpreters.
_I_m_p_r_e_s_s_a_r_i_o provides support for a wide range of printers, from low cost
color to high speed black and white printers.
The _I_m_p_r_e_s_s_a_r_i_o Developer's Kit contains a battery of solutions for
printer driver developers and application programmers who need to provide
printing from their programs. For driver developers sample source code is
provided for a spooling system model file, printer driver, and graphical
options panel. Specifications are provided for writing _I_m_p_r_e_s_s_a_r_i_o
compliant print filters, drivers and graphical options panels. For
application writers and driver developers, the developer's kit also
contains three printing related libraries. The libraries _l_i_b_s_p_o_o_l and
_l_i_b_p_r_i_n_t_u_i make it easy to add printing capabilities to any application.
The third library, _l_i_b_p_o_d allows a printer driver to maintain a database
of printer status information and provides applications with a network
transparent API for querying the status of a printer.
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The _I_m_p_r_e_s_s_a_r_i_o scanning environment is a completely new architecture for
generic scanner support. _I_m_p_r_e_s_s_a_r_i_o scanner application programs and
_I_m_p_r_e_s_s_a_r_i_o scanner drivers run as separate executables in an open
architecture, enabling any Impressario-compatible scanner application to
interact with any Impressario-compatible scanner driver.
_g_s_c_a_n(1) is a graphical scanning tool that is an _I_m_p_r_e_s_s_a_r_i_o scanner
application program. As such, it can scan from any _I_m_p_r_e_s_s_a_r_i_o scanner
driver, including special drivers that can scan from any SGI monitor and
even from SGI image files.
New scanners are added to the system using the _s_c_a_n_n_e_r_s(1M) tool, which
is accessible through System Manager or via the command line.
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For application developers, the API that _g_s_c_a_n(1) uses to interact with
scanner drivers is available in _l_i_b_s_c_a_n(3) as part of the _I_m_p_r_e_s_s_a_r_i_o
Developer's Kit. For scanner driver developers, a scanner driver
development kit is also available as part of the _I_m_p_r_e_s_s_a_r_i_o Developer's
Kit.
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The _I_m_p_r_e_s_s_a_r_i_o developer's kit also contains two libraries of general
interest to software developers. The first library, _l_i_b_s_t_i_f_f, provides an
API for writing and reading streamable TIFF 6.0 compatible image files
for interchange between filters and drivers. The second library, _l_i_b_i_m_p,
provides an API for reading, writing and manipulating SGI Image Format
files. _l_i_b_i_m_p also provides image zooming and a large selection of color
space conversion routines.
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Please read the release notes for _I_m_p_r_e_s_s_a_r_i_o. They contain the most
recent information about the product. Release notes are provided on-line
and can be read using the _g_r_e_l_n_o_t_e_s(_1) or _r_e_l_n_o_t_e_s(_1) programs, or from
the system Toolchest's _H_e_l_p menu. In addition, the directory
/_u_s_r/_i_m_p_r_e_s_s_a_r_i_o contains additional information of interest to end users
and developers.
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General interest: print(1), gscan(1), scanners(1M)
Printing Developers: libspool(3), libpod(3), libprintui(3X)
Scanning Developers: libscan(3), libstiff(3)
General Development: libstiff(3), libimp(3)
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/usr/impressario Directory of Impressario specific information,
specifications and example code.
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