Xprint is a deprecated printing extension for the

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. It allows an application to render output to a printer just as it would to any other display device. The server portion, ''Xprt'', uses an extension (''XpExtension'') to handle paged output devices. Xprint outputs as

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3, PCL 5 or as a raster bitmap at printer resolution. Xprint is based on ISO 10175 and other specifications. Some applications and frameworks supporting Xprint include

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and

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, and the Qt,

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and LessTif toolkits. Xprint was first introduced in X11R6.3, rewritten for inclusion with X11R6.8 and removed from X.Org Server in May 2008.Commit removing Xprint from xserver's tree
/ref> Xprint is now available from
separate repository

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ISO/IEC 1175-1
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ISO/IEC 1175-2
Freedesktop.org PostScript X Window System