RichEditDocumentServer.Print(PrinterSettings) Method

Prints the document with the given printer settings.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit

Assembly: DevExpress.RichEdit.v24.1.Core.dll

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.RichEdit.Core, DevExpress.Win.Navigation

Declaration

C#

public void Print(
    PrinterSettings printerSettings
)

VB.NET

Public Sub Print(
    printerSettings As PrinterSettings
)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
printerSettings	PrinterSettings	A PrinterSettings instance containing printer settings.

Remarks

Call the Print method to specify the desired options (define the printer name, the number of copies, the paper size, enable double-sided printing, etc.) to print the document.

Note

PrinterSettings properties, such as PageSettings.Margins or PageSettings.Landscape (accessible by the PrinterSettings.DefaultPageSettings property), do not affect the layout of a printed document. Change the settings of a document section (accessed by the Section.Page property) to modify the document page layout properties before printing.

Warning

The Print(PrinterSettings) method overload works only on Windows OS. The PlatformNotSupportedException is thrown on other operating systems. Use the Print method overloads with DXPrinterSettings printerSettings parameter to print on other operating systems.

Example

View Example

XtraForm1.cs

using DevExpress.XtraRichEdit;
using System.Drawing.Printing;

using (var wordProcessor = new RichEditDocumentServer())
{
    wordProcessor.LoadDocument("Grimm.docx");

    PrinterSettings printerSettings = new PrinterSettings();

    // Set the document pages to print:
    printerSettings.FromPage = 2;
    printerSettings.ToPage = 3;

    // Specify the number of copies:
    printerSettings.Copies = 2;

    // Print the document: 
    wordProcessor.Print(printerSettings);
}

XtraForm1.vb

Imports DevExpress.XtraRichEdit
Imports System.Drawing.Printing

Using wordProcessor = New RichEditDocumentServer()
    wordProcessor.LoadDocument("Grimm.docx")

    Dim printerSettings As New PrinterSettings()

    ' Set the document pages to print:
    printerSettings.FromPage = 2
    printerSettings.ToPage = 3

    ' Specify the number of copies:
    printerSettings.Copies = 2

    ' Print the document: 
    wordProcessor.Print(printerSettings)
End Using

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

word-document-api-print-documents/CS/WindowsFormsApp1/XtraForm1.cs#L60

//Print the document:
server.Print(printerSettings);
#endregion #PrinterSettings

VB.NET

word-document-api-print-documents/VB/WindowsFormsApp1/XtraForm1.vb#L44

                'Print the document:
                server.Print(printerSettings)
#End Region