PrintDocument.PrinterSettings Property
Gets or sets the printer that prints the document.
Assembly: System.Drawing (in System.Drawing.dll)
'Declaration <BrowsableAttribute(False)> _ Public Property PrinterSettings As PrinterSettings 'Usage Dim instance As PrintDocument Dim value As PrinterSettings value = instance.PrinterSettings instance.PrinterSettings = value
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Type: System.Drawing.Printing.PrinterSettingsA PrinterSettings that specifies where and how the document is printed. The default is a PrinterSettings with its properties set to their default values.
You can specify several printer settings through the PrinterSettings property. For example, use the PrinterSettings.Copies property to specify the number of copies you want to print, the PrinterSettings.PrinterName property to specify the printer to use, and the PrinterSettings.PrintRange property to specify the range of pages you want to print.
The following code example prints a document on the specified printer. The example makes three assumptions: that a variable names filePath has been set to the path of the file to print; that a method named pd_PrintPage, which handles the PrintPage event, has been defined; and that a variable named printer has been set to the printer's name.
Use the System.Drawing, System.Drawing.Printing, and System.IO namespaces for this example.
Public Sub Printing() Try streamToPrint = New StreamReader(filePath) Try printFont = New Font("Arial", 10) Dim pd As New PrintDocument() AddHandler pd.PrintPage, AddressOf pd_PrintPage ' Specify the printer to use. pd.PrinterSettings.PrinterName = printer pd.Print() Finally streamToPrint.Close() End Try Catch ex As Exception MessageBox.Show(ex.Message) End Try End Sub
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