Print PDF Documents with New PDF Document API Library

• May 13, 2026
• 2 minutes to read

This document describes how to print PDF documents with the DevExpress PDF Document API library on different operating systems.

• Windows Applications
• Linux and macOS Applications

Print PDF Documents on Windows

Call the PdfDocument.Print method and pass a PrintOptions object as a parameter.

The following code snippet prints a PDF file using the default printer:

C#

using DevExpress.Docs.Pdf;
using DevExpress.Docs.Pdf.Printing;
using System.IO;

using (PdfDocument pdfDocument = new PdfDocument(
    new FileStream(@"C:\Test Documents\Document.pdf", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.ReadWrite))) {

    PrintOptions pdfPrinterSettings = new PrintOptions();

    pdfPrinterSettings.PageOrientation = PrintPageOrientation.Portrait;
    pdfPrinterSettings.PrintStickyNotes = false;

    pdfDocument.Print(pdfPrinterSettings);
}

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.Docs.Pdf
Imports DevExpress.Docs.Pdf.Printing
Imports System.IO

Using pdfDocument As New PdfDocument(
    New FileStream("C:\Test Documents\Document.pdf", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.ReadWrite))

    Dim pdfPrinterSettings As New PrintOptions()

    pdfPrinterSettings.PageOrientation = PrintPageOrientation.Portrait
    pdfPrinterSettings.PrintStickyNotes = False

    pdfDocument.Print(pdfPrinterSettings)
End Using

Print in Unix-Based Systems (Linux and macOS)

Use the PrintOptions.PrinterSettings property to obtain printing settings that can be used to print PDF files in non-Windows environments (macOS and Unix-based systems that support printing through Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS)).

The following code snippet specifies cross-platform printing settings and prints the PDF file:

C#

using DevExpress.Docs.Pdf;
using DevExpress.Docs.Pdf.Printing;
using DevExpress.Drawing.Printing;
using System.IO;

using (PdfDocument pdfDocument = new PdfDocument(
    new FileStream(@"C:\Test Documents\Document.pdf", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.ReadWrite))) {

    PrintOptions pdfPrinterSettings = new PrintOptions();

    DXPrinterSettings dxPrinterSettings = pdfPrinterSettings.PrinterSettings;
    dxPrinterSettings.PrinterName = "myPrinter";
    dxPrinterSettings.PageRange = "1-3,5";
    dxPrinterSettings.Duplex = DXDuplexMode.DuplexLongEdge;
    dxPrinterSettings.Copies = 3;

    pdfDocument.Print(pdfPrinterSettings);
}

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.Docs.Pdf
Imports DevExpress.Docs.Pdf.Printing
Imports DevExpress.Drawing.Printing
Imports System.IO

Using pdfDocument As New PdfDocument(
    New FileStream("C:\Test Documents\Document.pdf", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.ReadWrite))

    Dim pdfPrinterSettings As New PrintOptions()

    Dim dxPrinterSettings As DXPrinterSettings = pdfPrinterSettings.PrinterSettings
    dxPrinterSettings.PrinterName = "myPrinter"
    dxPrinterSettings.PageRange = "1-3,5"
    dxPrinterSettings.Duplex = DXDuplexMode.DuplexLongEdge
    dxPrinterSettings.Copies = 3

    pdfDocument.Print(pdfPrinterSettings)
End Using