print-dialog &key
screen
owner
first-page
last-page
print-selection-p
print-pages-p
print-copies-p
=>
printer
The function
print-dialog
displays a print dialog and returns a printer object. The print object returned will print multiple copies if requested by the user.
If
print-pages-p
is
t
, the user can select a range of pages to print. This should always be the case unless the application only produces single page output. If
print-pages
is
t
,
first-page
and
last-page
can be used to initialize the page range. For example, they could be set to be the first and last pages of the document.
The
print-copies-p
argument indicates whether the application handles production of multiple copies for drivers that do not support this function. Currently this should be
nil
if the application uses Page Sequential printing and
t
if the application uses Page on Demand printing.
If
print-selection-p
is
t
, the user is given the option of printing the current selection. Only specify this if the application has a notion of selection and selecting printing functionality is provided.
The dialog is displayed on the current screen unless screen specifies otherwise.
owner specifies an owner window for the dialog. See the "Prompting for Input" chapter in the LispWorks CAPI User Guide for details.
Note that programmatic setting of some printer options is available via the function set-printer-options.