Printers unit

Printers.pas implements basic facilities needed for the TPrinter print device. A TPrinterCanvas class is included to position, format, and render pages for the print device.

Printers.pas is a required unit for use with the printer4lazarus package. See the Lazarus Wiki for more information about the printer4lazarus package:

Printing

https://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Printing

Using the Printer

https://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Using_the_printer

Classes and records

EPrinter	class	Exception raised for errors in TPrinter methods.
TCustomPaperItem	record	Contains a custom paper size defined in TPaperSize.
TFilePrinterCanvas	class	Defines a printer canvas with an associated file for its output.
TPaperItem	record	Represents a paper size definition used for print devices.
TPaperRect	record	Holds the physical and working dimensions for a paper size.
TPaperSize	class	Size for a paper used on an attached printer device.
TPrinter	class	TPrinter defines a printer object used in Lazarus applications.
TPrinterCanvas	class	Implements a canvas used for TPrinter device output.

Types

TFilePrinterCanvasClass	type	Class reference used to create instances of the TFilePrinterCanvas class.
TPrinterCanvasRef	type	Reference to the TPrinterCanvas class.
TPrinterCapabilities	set	Stores a set of capability values for a print device.
TPrinterCapability	enumeration	Represents capabilities for print devices.
TPrinterFlags	set	Represents status flag values used for printer devices.
TPrinterOrientation	enumeration	Represents page orientations for printers.
TPrinterState	enumeration	Represents state values for a print device.
TPrinterType	enumeration	Represents connection types for a print device.

Variables

Printer

variable

Provides access to the TPrinter instance for an application.

Topics

using_the_printer

topic

Using the Printer

Uses

• Classes
• SysUtils
• LazLoggerBase
• LazUTF8
• LCLProc
• Graphics