gnomeprint.Job
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gnomeprint.Job

gnomeprint.Job — Job object for GnomePrint

Synopsis

class gnomeprint.Job(gobject.GObject):
    gnomeprint.Job(config)
    def get_config()
    def get_context()
    def close()
    def print()
    def render(ctx)
    def render_page(ctx, page, pageops)
    def get_pages()
    def print_to_file(output)

Ancestry

+-- gobject.GObject
  +-- gnomeprint.Job

Properties

"config"ReadThe configuration for the print job.
"context"Read-WriteThe context for the print job.

Description

Constructor

    gnomeprint.Job(config)

config :

 a gnomeprint.Config.

Returns :

a new gnomeprint.Job.

Creates a new gnomeprint.Job object.

Methods

gnomeprint.Job.get_config

    def get_config()

Returns :

 a referenced gnomeprint.Config for this job, None on error.

The get_config() method gets a reference to the configuration of the job.

gnomeprint.Job.get_context

    def get_context()

Returns :

 the printing context, None on error.

The get_context() method retrieve the gnomeprint.Context which applications print to.

gnomeprint.Job.close

    def close()

The close() method closes the gnomeprint.Job job, ready for printing or previewing. To be called after the application has finished sending the drawing commands.

gnomeprint.Job.print

    def print()

Returns :

 GNOME_PRINT_OK on success GNOME_PRINT_ERROR_UNKNOWN otherwise.

The print() method print the pages stored in the gnomeprint.Job to the phyisical printing device.

gnomeprint.Job.render

    def render(ctx)

ctx :

 a gnomeprint.Context.

Returns :

The render() renders printout to specified context (with layout, ignoring copies).

gnomeprint.Job.render_page

    def render_page(ctx, page, pageops)

ctx :

 a gnomeprint.Context.

page :

 the page number to print.

pageops :

Returns :

The render_page() method renders the specified page page.

gnomeprint.Job.get_pages

    def get_pages()

Returns :

 the number of pages, 0 on error.

The get_double() method find the number of pages stored in a completed printout. This is the number of physical pages, so if the layout can hold 4 pages per page, and 5 logical pages are printed (5 beginpage/endpage convinations) 2 is returned

gnomeprint.Job.print_to_file

    def print_to_file(output)

output :

 filename.

Returns :

The print_to_file() method prints the output to filename.

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