Black Ice Printer Driver API Features

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The release versions of the Black Ice printer drivers include a powerful API called the Resource Toolkit or RTK. The RTK includes a variety of sample applications and utilities, with full source code, written in C++, Visual Basic, C#.NET, Visual Basic .NET, Delphi, and more.

The Printer Driver API (RTK) ensures fast integration of the Black Ice printer drivers with your application, including changing printer settings programmatically, easy installation samples, etc.

Printer Driver API Features

XP/2000/NT (Non Terminal Server) 2003, Citrix and Terminal Servers ME/98/95
Real-time printing status notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change printer settings programmatically
Yes
Yes
Yes
Easy installation with custom settings
Yes
Yes
Yes
Programmatically control and query printjobs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Customizable user interface provided
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom Plug-In Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Real Time Printer Driver Hook
Yes
Yes
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Printing without user interaction
Yes
Yes
Call
Batch Conversion
Yes
Yes
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In addition to the resource toolkit functionality, the Black Ice printer drivers by themselves support a variety of powerful features:

Key Features

XP/2000/NT (Non Terminal Server) 2003, Citrix and Terminal Servers ME/98/95
Multiple supported file formats
Yes
Yes
Yes
Powerful programming interface
Yes
Yes
Yes
Fast printing
Yes
Yes
Yes
Extract ASCII text
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi page image generation
Yes
Yes
Yes
Full control over the output directory
Yes
Yes
Yes
Full control over the generated file name
Yes
Yes
Yes
Launch an application
Yes
Yes
Yes
Large paper size support
Yes
Yes
Yes
High resolution (DPI) support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Annotations support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Watermark support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Bates Numbering
Yes
Yes
No
Redirect printing to additional printers
Yes
Yes
No

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