System Printers

Options for printing through Windows printer drivers or CUPS on Linux. Restrictions are stated for each option.

tbarcode-drawing-mode

Only effective for Windows printers.

Specifies the method for printing barcodes on Win32 printers.

default, default method

compatible, use the GDI rectangle functions to draw bars. May result in sub-optimal output quality, but is compatible to all printers.

quality, best quality. Supported by most printers.

dual, combination of compatible and quality

transparent-image-drawing-mode

Only effective for Windows printers.

Specifies the drawing method for printing transparent images on Win32 printers. This is an advanced option to avoid printer-driver specific problems.

default, default method

auto, tries to determine best method

TransparentBlt, use TransparentBlt mthod

MaskBlt, use MaskBlt

BitBlt, use combination of BitBlts, needs access to device pixels

Opaque, ignore transparency and print image opaque

cupsoptions

Only effective for PostScript output through CUPS.

Specifies additional cups options that should be passed to the cups printer.

print-to-file

Only effective for Windows printers.

Redirects Windows printer driver output to a file. If true or no value is specified, Windows opens a Save As dialog that allows the user to select the location and filename for the output file. Note that the backslash character \ must be replaced with \\ to "escape" it.

Example: print-to-file="C:\\Temp\\TestOutput.prn"