11.2. Overview of the Printing Process
Before we write our first printing application, it’s important to understand how printing works in Windows and what role GDI+ plays in the process.
GDI+ is an application-level library that allows applications to interact with display devices such as monitors, printers, and scanners through the device drivers. Figure 11.1 illustrates the role of GDI+ in the drawing process. The application passes data to GDI+. GDI+ is responsible for converting the data into graphics format (pixels) with the help of display drivers and sending it to the display driver, which displays the data on a device such as a monitor.
Figure 11.1. A simple drawing process
The printing process, which is very similar to the drawing ...
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