Re: Question on PWGRaster

Michael Sweet via ipp <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.ipp
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Hi,

> On Mar 7, 2024, at 3:46 PM, John Madden via ipp <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Was hoping someone could answer the question I have regarding how Microsoft converts office doc and docx formats (along with others) so they can print

Basically, Windows applications usually print using the standard drawing APIs using a special graphics context that stores an intermediate format that can be converted to a supported printer format - PWG Raster, PDF, XPS, etc.

> on IPP/Mopria printers. It appears there is a PWGRRenderFilter.dll in the dependent files list of their IPP Class driver now in use. My assumption is that this
> 
> filter converts doc formats to pwg-raster format for print on IPP printers.

The filter is converting the intermediate format, not the original .docx files.

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