PrintContext

A `GtkPrintContext` encapsulates context information that is required when drawing pages for printing.

This includes the cairo context and important parameters like page size and resolution. It also lets you easily create [class@Pango.Layout] and [class@Pango.Context] objects that match the font metrics of the cairo surface.

`GtkPrintContext` objects get passed to the [signal@Gtk.PrintOperation:GtkPrintContext:begin-print], [signal@Gtk.PrintOperation: GtkPrintContext:end-print], [signal@Gtk.PrintOperation:GtkPrintContext:request-page-setup] and [ signal@Gtk.PrintOperation:GtkPrintContext:draw-page] signals on the [class@Gtk.PrintOperation] object.

Using GtkPrintContext in a GtkPrintContext::draw-page callback

```c static void draw_page (GtkPrintOperation *operation, GtkPrintContext *context, int page_nr) { cairo_t *cr; PangoLayout *layout; PangoFontDescription *desc;

cr = gtk_print_context_get_cairo_context (context);

// Draw a red rectangle, as wide as the paper (inside the margins) cairo_set_source_rgb (cr, 1.0, 0, 0); cairo_rectangle (cr, 0, 0, gtk_print_context_get_width (context), 50);

cairo_fill (cr);

// Draw some lines cairo_move_to (cr, 20, 10); cairo_line_to (cr, 40, 20); cairo_arc (cr, 60, 60, 20, 0, M_PI); cairo_line_to (cr, 80, 20);

cairo_set_source_rgb (cr, 0, 0, 0); cairo_set_line_width (cr, 5); cairo_set_line_cap (cr, CAIRO_LINE_CAP_ROUND); cairo_set_line_join (cr, CAIRO_LINE_JOIN_ROUND);

cairo_stroke (cr);

// Draw some text layout = gtk_print_context_create_pango_layout (context); pango_layout_set_text (layout, "Hello World! Printing is easy", -1); desc = pango_font_description_from_string ("sans 28"); pango_layout_set_font_description (layout, desc); pango_font_description_free ( desc);

cairo_move_to (cr, 30, 20); pango_cairo_layout_path (cr, layout);

// Font Outline cairo_set_source_rgb (cr, 0.93, 1.0, 0.47); cairo_set_line_width (cr, 0.5); cairo_stroke_preserve (cr);

// Font Fill cairo_set_source_rgb (cr, 0, 0.0, 1.0); cairo_fill (cr);

g_object_unref (layout); } ```