How to: Use the PDF Printer Settings

• Nov 14, 2018
• 2 minutes to read

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This example shows how to print a document with custom printer settings.

Note

A complete sample project is available at https://github.com/DevExpress-Examples/how-to-use-the-pdf-printer-settings-t172274

Program.vb

' Developer Express Code Central Example:
' How to use the PDF printer settings

Imports DevExpress.Pdf

Namespace PdfProcessorPrinterOptions
    Friend Class Program

        Shared Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)
            ' Create a Pdf Document Processor instance and load a PDF into it.
            Dim documentProcessor As New PdfDocumentProcessor()
            documentProcessor.LoadDocument("..\..\Demo.pdf")

            ' Declare the PDF printer settings.
            Dim pdfPrinterSettings As New PdfPrinterSettings()

            ' Specify the PDF printer settings.
            pdfPrinterSettings.PageOrientation = PdfPrintPageOrientation.Portrait
            pdfPrinterSettings.PageNumbers = New Integer() { 1, 3, 4, 5 }

            ' Setting the PdfPrintScaleMode property to CustomScale requires 
            ' specifying the Scale property, as well.
            pdfPrinterSettings.ScaleMode = PdfPrintScaleMode.CustomScale
            pdfPrinterSettings.Scale = 90

            ' Print the document using the specified printer settings.
            documentProcessor.Print(pdfPrinterSettings)
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

Program.cs

// Developer Express Code Central Example:
// How to use the PDF printer settings

using DevExpress.Pdf;

namespace PdfProcessorPrinterOptions {
    class Program {

        static void Main(string[] args) {
            // Create a Pdf Document Processor instance and load a PDF into it.
            PdfDocumentProcessor documentProcessor = new PdfDocumentProcessor();
            documentProcessor.LoadDocument(@"..\..\Demo.pdf");

            // Declare the PDF printer settings.
            PdfPrinterSettings pdfPrinterSettings = new PdfPrinterSettings();

            // Specify the PDF printer settings.
            pdfPrinterSettings.PageOrientation = PdfPrintPageOrientation.Portrait;
            pdfPrinterSettings.PageNumbers = new int[] { 1, 3, 4, 5 };

            // Setting the PdfPrintScaleMode property to CustomScale requires 
            // specifying the Scale property, as well.
            pdfPrinterSettings.ScaleMode = PdfPrintScaleMode.CustomScale;
            pdfPrinterSettings.Scale = 90;

            // Print the document using the specified printer settings.
            documentProcessor.Print(pdfPrinterSettings);
        }
    }
}