1<!-- 2 Raster printer driver documentation for CUPS. 3 4 Copyright © 2020-2024 by OpenPrinting. 5 Copyright © 2007-2018 by Apple Inc. 6 Copyright © 1997-2007 by Easy Software Products. 7 8 Licensed under Apache License v2.0. See the file "LICENSE" for more 9 information. 10--> 11 12<h1 class='title'>Developing Raster Printer Drivers</h1> 13 14<p>This document describes how to develop printer drivers for raster printers. Topics include: <a href='#BASICS'>printer driver basics</a>, <a href='#CREATE'>creating new PPD files</a>, <a href='#FILTERS'>using filters</a>, <a href='#COLOR'>implementing color management</a>, and <a href='#MACOSX'>adding macOS features</a>.</p> 15 16<div class='summary'><table summary='General Information'> 17<tbody> 18<tr> 19 <th>See Also</th> 20 <td>Programming: <a href='postscript-driver.html'>Developing PostScript Printer Drivers</a><br> 21 Programming: <a href='api-filter.html'>Filter and Backend Programming</a><br> 22 Programming: <a href='ppd-compiler.html'>Introduction to the PPD Compiler</a><br> 23 Programming: <a href='api-raster.html'>Raster API</a><br> 24 References: <a href='ref-ppdcfile.html'>PPD Compiler Driver Information File Reference</a><br> 25 Specifications: <a href='spec-ppd.html'>CUPS PPD Extensions</a></td> 26</tr> 27</tbody> 28</table></div> 29