PrintDocumentAdapter API
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The PrintDocumentAdapter API is an Android interface that lets apps generate and manage printable content for the system print framework.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| PrintDocumentAdapter API canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8611252 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: PrintDocumentAdapter API Context triple: [Android system print framework, hasComponent, PrintDocumentAdapter API]
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A.
PrintDlg
PrintDlg is a Windows common dialog box API function that displays and manages the standard print dialog for selecting printers and print options.
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B.
AirPrint
AirPrint is Apple's wireless printing technology that lets iOS and macOS devices print directly to compatible printers without needing additional drivers or software.
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C.
Printer Access Protocol
Printer Access Protocol is a network printing protocol used in AppleTalk environments to manage communication between computers and printers.
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D.
Network-aware Print Manager
Network-aware Print Manager is a Windows for Workgroups utility that manages and coordinates printing tasks across networked printers and shared print resources.
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E.
Printer Command Language
Printer Command Language is a page description language developed by Hewlett-Packard that defines how printers interpret and render text and graphics on a page.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: PrintDocumentAdapter API Target entity description: The PrintDocumentAdapter API is an Android interface that lets apps generate and manage printable content for the system print framework.
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A.
PrintDlg
PrintDlg is a Windows common dialog box API function that displays and manages the standard print dialog for selecting printers and print options.
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B.
AirPrint
AirPrint is Apple's wireless printing technology that lets iOS and macOS devices print directly to compatible printers without needing additional drivers or software.
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C.
Printer Access Protocol
Printer Access Protocol is a network printing protocol used in AppleTalk environments to manage communication between computers and printers.
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D.
Network-aware Print Manager
Network-aware Print Manager is a Windows for Workgroups utility that manages and coordinates printing tasks across networked printers and shared print resources.
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E.
Printer Command Language
Printer Command Language is a page description language developed by Hewlett-Packard that defines how printers interpret and render text and graphics on a page.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Android API interface
ⓘ
Java interface ⓘ |
| createdByMethod |
PrintManager.print
ⓘ
linked to:
PrintManager API
|
| definedIn |
android.print package
ⓘ
linked to:
android.print.PrintDocumentAdapter
|
| documentationUrl | https://developer.android.com/reference/android/print/PrintDocumentAdapter ⓘ |
| hasCallbackMethod |
onFinish
ⓘ
onLayout ⓘ onLayoutCancelled ⓘ onStart ⓘ onWrite ⓘ onWriteCancelled ⓘ |
| introducedIn | Android 4.4 KitKat ⓘ |
| introducedInApiLevel | 19 ⓘ |
| lifecycle | startLayoutWriteFinishSequence ⓘ |
| onFinish | calledAfterPrintingCompleted ⓘ |
| onLayout |
calledOnLayoutOrAttributesChange
ⓘ
receivesCancellationSignal ⓘ receivesLayoutResultCallback ⓘ receivesPrintAttributes ⓘ |
| onStart | calledBeforeFirstLayout ⓘ |
| onWrite |
calledToWritePages
ⓘ
receivesPageRanges ⓘ receivesParcelFileDescriptor ⓘ receivesWriteResultCallback ⓘ |
| partOf | Android print framework ⓘ |
| relatedClass |
PrintDocumentAdapter.LayoutResultCallback
ⓘ
linked to:
android.print.PrintDocumentAdapter
PrintDocumentAdapter.WriteResultCallback ⓘ
linked to:
android.print.PrintDocumentAdapter
|
| responsibility |
handlingCancellation
ⓘ
releasingResourcesOnFinish ⓘ reportingLayoutResult ⓘ writingDocumentData ⓘ |
| supports | PDF-like page-based output ⓘ |
| threading | callbacksInvokedOnMainThread ⓘ |
| typicalImplementation | anonymousInnerClass ⓘ |
| usedBy | Android applications ⓘ |
| usedFor |
generating printable content
ⓘ
integrating app content with system printing ⓘ managing print jobs ⓘ |
| usedIn |
printingBitmaps
ⓘ
printingCustomViews ⓘ printingWebContent ⓘ |
| usedWith |
PrintAttributes
ⓘ
PrintDocumentInfo ⓘ PrintJob ⓘ PrintManager ⓘ
linked to:
PrintManager API
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: PrintDocumentAdapter API Description of subject: The PrintDocumentAdapter API is an Android interface that lets apps generate and manage printable content for the system print framework.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.