<!-- Raster printer driver documentation for CUPS. Copyright © 2007-2018 by Apple Inc. Copyright © 1997-2007 by Easy Software Products. Licensed under Apache License v2.0. See the file "LICENSE" for more information. --> <h1 class='title'>Developing Raster Printer Drivers</h1> <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> <div class='summary'><table summary='General Information'> <tbody> <tr> <th>See Also</th> <td>Programming: <a href='postscript-driver.html'>Developing PostScript Printer Drivers</a><br> Programming: <a href='api-filter.html'>Filter and Backend Programming</a><br> Programming: <a href='ppd-compiler.html'>Introduction to the PPD Compiler</a><br> Programming: <a href='api-raster.html'>Raster API</a><br> References: <a href='ref-ppdcfile.html'>PPD Compiler Driver Information File Reference</a><br> Specifications: <a href='spec-ppd.html'>CUPS PPD Extensions</a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table></div>
