Class Print

Print is a utility class for printing PDF documents to printers.

Inheritance
object
Print
Implements
Inherited Members
Namespace: pdftron.PDF
Assembly: PDFNet.dll
Syntax
public class Print : IDisposable

Methods

Dispose()

Releases all resources used by the Print

Declaration
public override sealed void Dispose()

Dispose(bool)

Declaration
[HandleProcessCorruptedStateExceptions]
protected virtual void Dispose(bool A_0)
Parameters
Type Name Description
bool A_0

~Print()

Declaration
protected ~Print()

StartPrintJob(PDFDoc, string, string, string, PageSet, PrinterMode, Context)

Print the PDFDoc to a printer. Depending on the OS and installed libraries, the PDFDoc will be sent using the GDI or the XPS print path. This function will block until the print job is done at the OS level.

Declaration
public static void StartPrintJob(PDFDoc in_pdfdoc, string in_printerName, string in_jobName, string in_outputFileName, PageSet in_pagesToPrint, PrinterMode in_printerMode, Context in_ctx)
Parameters
Type Name Description
PDFDoc in_pdfdoc

the in_doc
string in_printerName

the name of the printer to print to
string in_jobName

the name of the job for print queue monitoring, can be empty.
string in_outputFileName

if not empty, the name of the output file to save the printout into. This could be a PostScript, PCL, XPS or other file.
PageSet in_pagesToPrint

a PageSet defining which pages should be printed in the document.
PrinterMode in_printerMode

options for the printer.
Context in_ctx

(Optional) Optional Content Group setting, for example from PDFViewCtrl.GetOCGContext.
Remarks

If the printer is grayscale, only grayscale data will be sent.

Examples

printer options example usage:

PrinterMode printerMode = new PrinterMode();
printerMode.PutNumber("CopyCount", 1); // must be greater than zero
printerMode.PutBool("Collation", true); // true or false

// duplexing: {e_DuplexAuto, e_Duplex_None, e_Duplex_LongSide, e_Duplex_ShortSide}
printerMode.PutNumber("Duplexing", PrinterMode::e_Duplex_Auto);

// output quality: {e_OutputQuality_Draft, e_OutputQuality_Low, e_OutputQuality_Medium, e_OutputQuality_High}
printerMode.PutNumber("OutputQuality", PrinterMode::e_OutputQuality_Medium);

// output color: {e_OutputColor_Color, e_OutputColor_Grayscale, e_OutputColor_Monochrome}
printerMode.PutNumber("OutputColor", PrinterMode::e_OutputColor_Grayscale);
printerMode.PutNumber("DPI", 300); // this will override e_PrintQuality_Medium setting

Implements