Printing DIRECT2D-rendered items

A computing device having a processor and memory storing various modules, which perform operations for converting display-rendering instructions of a webpage into print-rendering instructions of a webpage comprising:

• receiving a request to print the webpage that is divisible into a plurality of pages when printed and that is displayable on an output device when the display-rendering instructions are executed;
• creating a print render target that includes an instructions converter;
• routing the display-rendering instructions to the print render target together with print-formatting instructions, which define subsets of the plurality of pages into which the webpage is divided for printing;
• mapping by the instructions converter a first portion of the display-rendering instructions to a first set of print-rendering instructions directed to a first subset of the plurality of pages, wherein the display-rendering instructions include a second portion that, when converted to a second set of print-rendering instructions, is directed to a second subset of the webpage;
• executing a webpage-level print ticket by packaging the first set of print-rendering instructions with a respective set of print-formatting instructions for the first subset into a first print-instructions object model, which does not include the second set of print-rendering instructions directed to the second subset, wherein the second set of print-rendering instructions is packaged into a second print-instructions object model when the webpage-level print ticket is executed;
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• printing the webpage by streaming the first print-instructions object model to a print application programming interface (API) independently of the second print-instructions object model, wherein the first print-instructions object model and the second print-instructions object model are included in the webpage-level print ticket and are sent to the print API separately.

A computer-memory device storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed, perform operations for converting display-rendering instructions of a webpage into print-rendering instructions of a webpage comprising:

• receiving a request to print the webpage that is divisible into a plurality of pages when printed and that is displayable on an output device when the display-rendering instructions are executed;
• creating a print render target that includes an instructions converter;
• routing the display-rendering instructions to the print render target together with print-formatting instructions, which define subsets of the plurality of pages into which the webpage is divided for printing;
• mapping by the instructions converter a first portion of the display-rendering instructions to a first set of print-rendering instructions directed to a first subset of the plurality of pages, wherein the display-rendering instructions include a second portion that, when converted to a second set of print-rendering instructions, is directed to a second subset of the webpage;
• executing a webpage-level print ticket by packaging the first set of print-rendering instructions with a respective set of print-formatting instructions for the first subset into a first print-instructions object model, which does not include the second set of print-rendering instructions directed to the second subset, wherein the second set of print-rendering instructions is packaged into a second print-instructions object model when the webpage-level print ticket is executed;
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• printing the webpage by streaming the first print-instructions object model to a print application programming interface (API) independently of the second print-instructions object model, wherein the first print-instructions object model and the second print-instructions object model are included in the webpage-level print ticket and are sent to the print API separately.