PdfViewer.Print(PdfPrinterSettings) Method

Prints the current document using the specified PDF print settings without invoking the Print dialog.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraPdfViewer

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraPdfViewer.v18.2.dll

Declaration

C#

public void Print(
    PdfPrinterSettings pdfPrinterSettings
)

VB.NET

Public Sub Print(
    pdfPrinterSettings As PdfPrinterSettings
)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
pdfPrinterSettings	PdfPrinterSettings	A PdfPrinterSettings value, specifying the PDF printing options.

Example

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-t171205

Form1.cs

using System;
using System.Drawing.Printing;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using DevExpress.Pdf;
using DevExpress.XtraPdfViewer;

namespace PdfPrinterSettingsDemo {
    public partial class Form1 : Form {
        public Form1() {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) {
            // Create a PDF Viewer instance and load a PDF into it.
            PdfViewer pdfViewer = this.pdfViewer1;
            pdfViewer.LoadDocument(@"..\..\Demo.pdf");

            // If required, declare and specify the system printer settings.
            PrinterSettings printerSettings = new PrinterSettings();
            printerSettings.PrinterName = "Microsoft XPS Document Writer";
            printerSettings.PrintToFile = true;
            printerSettings.PrintFileName = @"..\..\Demo.xps";

            // Declare the PDF printer settings.
            // If required, pass the system settings to the PDF printer settings constructor.
            PdfPrinterSettings pdfPrinterSettings = new PdfPrinterSettings(printerSettings);

            // Specify the PDF printer settings.
            pdfPrinterSettings.PageOrientation = PdfPrintPageOrientation.Auto;
            pdfPrinterSettings.PageNumbers = new int[] { 1, 3, 4, 5 };
            pdfPrinterSettings.ScaleMode = PdfPrintScaleMode.CustomScale;
            pdfPrinterSettings.Scale = 90;

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

Form1.vb

Imports System
Imports System.Drawing.Printing
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Imports DevExpress.Pdf
Imports DevExpress.XtraPdfViewer

Namespace PdfPrinterSettingsDemo
    Partial Public Class Form1
        Inherits Form

        Public Sub New()
            InitializeComponent()
        End Sub

        Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
            ' Create a PDF Viewer instance and load a PDF into it.
            Dim pdfViewer As PdfViewer = Me.pdfViewer1
            pdfViewer.LoadDocument("..\..\Demo.pdf")

            ' If required, declare and specify the system printer settings.
            Dim printerSettings As New PrinterSettings()
            printerSettings.PrinterName = "Microsoft XPS Document Writer"
            printerSettings.PrintToFile = True
            printerSettings.PrintFileName = "..\..\Demo.xps"

            ' Declare the PDF printer settings.
            ' If required, pass the system settings to the PDF printer settings constructor.
            Dim pdfPrinterSettings As New PdfPrinterSettings(printerSettings)

            ' Specify the PDF printer settings.
            pdfPrinterSettings.PageOrientation = PdfPrintPageOrientation.Auto
            pdfPrinterSettings.PageNumbers = New Integer() { 1, 3, 4, 5 }
            pdfPrinterSettings.ScaleMode = PdfPrintScaleMode.CustomScale
            pdfPrinterSettings.Scale = 90

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

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

how-to-use-the-pdf-printer-settings-t171205/CS/PdfPrinterSettingsDemo/Form1.cs#L36

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

VB.NET

how-to-use-the-pdf-printer-settings-t171205/VB/PdfPrinterSettingsDemo/Form1.vb#L37

    ' Print the document using the specified printer settings.
    pdfViewer.Print(pdfPrinterSettings)
End Sub