## Printer Device Driver

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### Status Bar

At the bottom of the Job-Properties dialog box, there is a row of icons that make up the Status Bar. The purpose of the Status Bar is to continuously display general printer settings. No matter what page you're on, the Status Bar displays at least some current settings. Each reserved doubleword in the Status Bar contains the icon ID that is currently displayed. If a status icon needs to be repainted, the doubleword is queried and the icon is re-loaded in memory and repainted. Each icon in the Status Bar also has a matching icon in the respective control; both icons are always the same.

The first icon makes up orientation and is modified every time Portrait or Landscape is selected in the Forms page.

The second icon makes up a color or monochrome value. If color is supported and enabled, a colored icon is displayed. This is modified every time Color is selected in the Effects page.

The third icon makes up duplex. For single sided, two forms appear-one with a red arrow pointing up,indicating how the text will appear. The second side is blank. For 2-page book, both forms appear with a red arrow pointing up, indicating how text will appear. For 2-sided flip, both forms appear with inverse arrows-indicating that text will be flipped.

The fourth icon indicates where the job will be sent-to the printer, to an encapsulated Postscript file, or to a standard file.