Windows 3.1 Device Drivers (ddag31qh.hlp) (Table of Contents; Topic list)
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ABORTDOC                Aborts the current job
BANDINFO                Copies banding information
BEGIN_PATH              Opens a path
CLIP_TO_PATH            Defines a clipping path
DRAFTMODE               Turns draft mode on or off
DRAWPATTERNRECT         Creates a pattern, gray scale, or black rectangle
ENABLEDUPLEX            Enables duplex printing
ENABLEPAIRKERNING       Enables or disables kerning of character pairs
ENABLERELATIVEWIDTHS    Enables or disables relative character widths
ENDDOC                  Ends a print job
END_PATH                Ends a path
ENUMPAPERBINS           Retrieves information about paper bins
ENUMPAPERMETRICS        Retrieves dimensions for paper sizes
EPSPRINTING             Enables or disables EPS printing mode
EXT_DEVICE_CAPS         Retrieves information about the device
FLUSHOUTPUT             Flushes the device output buffers
GETCOLORTABLE           Retrieves RBG color values
GETEXTENDEDTEXTMETRICS  Retrieves extended text metrics
GETEXTENTTABLE          Retrieves the width of the selected characters
GETFACENAME             Retrieves the facename of the current font
GETPAIRKERNTABLE        Retrieves the pkerning tables
GETPHYSPAGESIZE         Retrieves the physical page size
GETPRINTINGOFFSET       Retrieves the physical page margins
GETSCALINGFACTOR        Retrieves scaling factors
GETSETPAPERBINS         Sets or retrieves paper bin information
GETSETPAPERMETRICS      Escape # 35
GETSETPRINTORIENT       Sets or retrieves the paper orientation
GETSETSCREENPARAMS
GETTECHNOLOGY           Retrieves the printer's technology type
GETTRACKKERNTABLE       Retrieves a track-kerning table
GETVECTORBRUSHSIZE      Retrieves the size of a brush
GETVECTORPENSIZE        Retrieves the width of a pen
NEWFRAME                Starts a new page
NEXTBAND                Retrieves the coordinates of the next band
PASSTHROUGH             Sends data directly to the printer
QUERYESCSUPPORT         Checks for supported escapes
RESETDEVICE             Resets the device context
RESTORE_CTM             Restores the current transformation matrix
SAVE_CTM                Saves the current transformation matrix
SETABORTPROC            Sets the cancel function for a print job
SETALLJUSTVALUES        Sets text-justification values
SET_ARC_DIRECTION       Sets the direction arcs are drawn
SET_BACKGROUND_COLOR    Sets or retrieves the background color
SET_BOUNDS              Sets the bounding rectangle
SET_CLIP_BOX            Sets or restores the clipping rectangle
SETCOLORTABLE           Sets a color table entry
SETCOPYCOUNT            Sets the number of copies to print
SETKERNTRACK            Sets the kerning track
SETLINECAP              Sets the line end cap
SETLINEJOIN             Sets the line join type
SETMITERLIMIT           Sets or retrieves the miter-limit value
SET_POLY_MODE           Sets the poly mode
SETPRINTERDC            Sets the device context for a printer
SET_SCREEN_ANGLE        Sets screen angle
SET_SPREAD              Sets the spread for spot-color separation
STARTDOC                Starts a print job
TRANSFORM_CTM           Modifies the current transformation matrix