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XML Document Scheme

A printed XML Printer document contains only a couple of element types that define any document. This makes XML Printer a strong and easy-to-use tool.

printjob (root) element

Printjob is the root element in XML Printer document.

Attributes

  • document
    Contains the document name as it was sent by the printing application. This value differs from application to application and there's no general hint what exactly  will be this field set to (i.e. try and see).
  • origin
    Computer and user name of the originator of the document (i.e. computer on which the document was printed on and user who printed the document).
  • version
    Version number of XML Printer used to print the document (major.minor.revision.build).
  • dpi
    Resolution of the printed document in DPI.

Child Elements

  • page
    Each page child element represents a page in the document. There is always at least one page in the document.

page element

A page element represents a page in the document.

Attributes

  • number
    Sequence number of the page (starting at 1).
  • type
    Size type of the media (e.g. A4, Letter, etc.).
  • width-mm
    Width of the page in millimeters.
  • height-mm
    Height of the page in millimeters.
  • width-px
    Width of the page in pixels (synonym of dots in DPI).
  • height-px
    Height of the page in pixels.
  • orientation
    Page orientation (e.g. Landscape, Portrait, etc.).

Child Elements

  • text
    Defines text elements contained on a page.
  • image
    Defines images within the page with reference to an external image file.
  • path
    Defines paths (vector graphics) on the page.

text element

Text element defines a text somewhere on the page. The actual text is the element inner text.

Attributes

  • left
    Left coordinate of absolute position on page, in pixels.
  • top
    Top coordinate of absolute position on page, in pixels.
  • width
    Width of the bounding box surrounding the text, in pixels.
  • height
    Height of the bounding box surrounding the text, in pixels.
  • font-face
    Family name of the font used. The font can be none of the installed fonts, in that case font-face will be a file name of the temp font used (the file is in the same directory as the outputted XML file).
  • font-style
    A comma separated list of applied styles. May include bold, italic, underline, strikeout.
  • font-size
    Size of the font in points.
  • color
    Text color in hexadecimal notation either as '#aarrggbb' or '#rrggbb'.
  • offset-x
    If the text is rotated the left and top attributes are actually not the left and top of the string when drawing. offset-x and offset-y is the amount of pixels to add to left and top in order to keep the text in the specified bounding box.
  • offset-y
    See comment on offset-x.
  • angle
    The rotation angle of the text in degrees.

image element

Image element represents an image placed in the document. The actual image is always stored in an external file, in the same directory as the printed XML file. It is prefixed with filename of the XML file and one image may be referenced 2 or more times within the document.

Attributes

  • left
    Left coordinate of absolute position on page, in pixels.
  • top
    Top coordinate of absolute position on page, in pixels.
  • width
    Width of the image on page, in pixels. Note, that width on page may be different than width of the image if the image is scaled.
  • height
    Height of the image on page, in pixels. Note, that height on page may be different than height of the image if the image is scaled.
  • src
    Relative file name of the image file.

Image element may optionally contain a clip child element and in that case the image is clipped by the defined path.

path element

Path element defines a vector graphics within the page. It may be outlined only, filled only or both outlined and filled (depending on the existence of strokecolor and fillcolor attributes).

Attributes

  • strokecolor
    Hexadecimal-encoded color of the outline. If strokecolor attribute is not present the path is not stroked.
  • fillcolor
    Hexadecimal-encoded color of the fill. If fillcolor attribute is not present the path is not filled.
  • width
    Width of the stroke line, in pixels.

Child Elements

  • clip
    If present, the clipping region of the path.
  • line
    With curve elements defines the guide points of the path.
  • curve
    With line elements defines the guide points of the path.

line and curve elements

Elements define a line segment or a bezier curve patch, which is appended to previous segment unless it contains an attribute style="beginning".

Line and curve elements contain a number of point elements each having x and y attributes defining the position on page in pixels.

 

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