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.NET Framework 2.0
PageSettings Class
 PrintableArea Property

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PageSettings.PrintableArea Property
Gets the bounds of the printable area of the page for the printer.

Namespace: System.Drawing.Printing
Assembly: System.Drawing (in system.drawing.dll)

Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public ReadOnly Property PrintableArea As RectangleF
Visual Basic (Usage)
Dim instance As PageSettings
Dim value As RectangleF

value = instance.PrintableArea
C#
public RectangleF PrintableArea { get; }
C++
public:
property RectangleF PrintableArea {
    RectangleF get ();
}
J#
/** @property */
public RectangleF get_PrintableArea ()
JScript
public function get PrintableArea () : RectangleF
XAML
Not applicable.

Property Value

A RectangleF representing the length and width, in hundredths of an inch, of the area the printer is capable of printing in.

The PrintableArea property returns the correct value, whether the page orientation is landscape or portrait.

You can use this property to print outside the margins of the page, but within the printable area.

Windows 98, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition

The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 is supported on Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP SP2, and Windows Server 2003 SP1.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0
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