XpStartJob(3Xp) 						 XPRINT FUNCTIONS						   XpStartJob(3Xp)

NAME

       XpStartJob -  Indicates the beginning of a single print job.

SYNOPSIS

	     cc [ flag... ] file... -lXp [ library... ]
	     #include <X11/extensions/Print.h>

       void XpStartJob ( display, output_mode )
	     Display *display;
	     XPSaveData output_mode;

ARGUMENTS

       display
	      Specifies a pointer to the Display structure; returned from XOpenDisplay.

       output_mode
	      Specifies how the printer output data is to be handled.

DESCRIPTION

       XpStartJob signals the beginning of a new print job.

       If  output_mode	is  XPSpool  the X Print Server will automatically spool the printer output. If output_mode is XPGetData, then the X Print
       Server buffers the document output for retrieval by XpGetDocumentData. In this case, the print server suspends processing further  requests
       on this print context until some other client sends XpGetDocumentData. Subsequent operations that use the print context may be suspended at
       any time pending the processing of XpGetDocumentData replies to read any buffered output.

       XpStartJob sets the job-owner job attribute (included in the XPJobAttr pool) immediately prior to issuing  the  PrintStartJob  request.	On
       POSIX systems, the job-owner attribute is set using getpwuid_r on the result of getuid. This attribute may be used by the X Print Server to
       identify the user to the spooler.

       All changes to the XPJobAttr attribute pool (see XpSetAttributes) must be made prior to calling XpStartJob, after  which  an  XPBadSequence
       will be generated if changes are attempted, until XpEndJob is called.

       For clients selecting XPPrintMask (see XpSelectInput), the event XPPrintNotify will be generated with its detail field set to XPStartJobNo-
       tify when the X Print Server has completed the PrintStartJob request.

       Conceptually, a "Job" is a collection of "Documents", where each Document is in turn a collection of "Pages". Depending on the print facil-
       ities  underlying  the  X  Print  Server,  these  delineations  may  be mapped by a DDX driver into real functionality (e.g. see the server
       attribute multiple-documents-supported).

STRUCTURES

       The XPSaveData values for output_mode are defined in <X11/extensions/Print.h>.  :

	   #define XPSpool		 1   /* Job data sent to spooler */
	   #define XPGetData		 2   /* Job data via XpGetDocumentData */

DIAGNOSTICS

       BadValue       The value specified for output_mode is not valid.

       XPBadContext   A valid print context-id has not been set prior to making this call.

       XPBadSequence  The function was not called in the proper order with respect to the other X Print Service Extension calls (example, XpEndDoc
		      prior to XpStartDoc).

SEE ALSO

       XpEndJob(3Xp), XpGetDocumentData(3Xp), XpSelectInput(3Xp), XpSetAttributes(3Xp), XpStartJob(3Xp)

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