PdfPrinterSettings.DXSettings Property

Obtains cross-platform printing settings.

Namespace: DevExpress.Pdf

Assembly: DevExpress.Pdf.v24.1.Drawing.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Pdf.Drawing

Declaration

C#

public DXPrinterSettings DXSettings { get; }

VB.NET

Public ReadOnly Property DXSettings As DXPrinterSettings

Property Value

Type	Description
DXPrinterSettings	An object that contains cross-platform printing settings.

Property Paths

You can access this nested property as listed below:

Library	Object Type	Path to DXSettings
WinForms Controls	PdfPageSetupDialogShowingEventArgs	.PrinterSettings .DXSettings
WPF Controls	PageSetupDialogShowingEventArgs	.PrinterSettings .DXSettings

Remarks

Use the DXSettings 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)).

Note

Install the libcups2 package separately to enable printing.

Example

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

C#

using DevExpress.Drawing.Printing;
using DevExpress.Pdf;

// Load a PDF file
PdfDocumentProcessor documentProcessor = new PdfDocumentProcessor();
documentProcessor.LoadDocument(@"..\..\Demo.pdf");

// Declare printer settings
PdfPrinterSettings pdfPrinterSettings = new PdfPrinterSettings();

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

// Specify CUPS printer settings
DXPrinterSettings dxPrinterSettings = pdfPrinterSettings.DXSettings;
dxPrinterSettings.Duplex = DXDuplexMode.DuplexLongEdge;
dxPrinterSettings.Copies = 3;

// Print the document
documentProcessor.Print(pdfPrinterSettings);

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.Drawing.Printing
Imports DevExpress.Pdf

' Load a PDF file
Private documentProcessor As New PdfDocumentProcessor()
documentProcessor.LoadDocument("..\..\Demo.pdf")

' Declare printer settings
Dim pdfPrinterSettings As New PdfPrinterSettings()

' Specify printer settings
pdfPrinterSettings.PageNumbers = New Integer() { 1, 3, 4, 5 }


' Specify CUPS printer settings
Dim dxPrinterSettings As DXPrinterSettings = pdfPrinterSettings.DXSettings
dxPrinterSettings.Duplex = DXDuplexMode.DuplexLongEdge
dxPrinterSettings.Copies = 3

' Print the document
documentProcessor.Print(pdfPrinterSettings)