PrinterSettings Class
Specifies information about how a document is printed, including the printer that prints it.
For a list of all members of this type, see PrinterSettings Members.
System.Object
System.Drawing.Printing.PrinterSettings
[Visual Basic] <Serializable> <ComVisible(False)> Public Class PrinterSettings Implements ICloneable [C#] [Serializable] [ComVisible(false)] public class PrinterSettings : ICloneable [C++] [Serializable] [ComVisible(false)] public __gc class PrinterSettings : public ICloneable [JScript] public Serializable ComVisible(false) class PrinterSettings implements ICloneable
Thread Safety
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
Remarks
Typically, you access a PrinterSettings through PrintDocument.PrinterSettings or PageSettings.PrinterSettings properties to modify printer settings. The most common printer setting is PrinterName, which specifies the printer to print to.
For more information on printing, see the System.Drawing.Printing namespace overview.
Example
[Visual Basic, C#, C++] The following 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.
[Visual Basic, C#, C++] Use the System.Drawing, System.Drawing.Printing, and System.IO namespaces for this example.
[Visual Basic] Public Sub Printing(printer As String) 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 If pd.PrinterSettings.IsValid then pd.Print() Else MessageBox.Show("Printer is invalid.") End If Finally streamToPrint.Close() End Try Catch ex As Exception MessageBox.Show(ex.Message) End Try End Sub [C#] public void Printing(string printer) { try { streamToPrint = new StreamReader (filePath); try { printFont = new Font("Arial", 10); PrintDocument pd = new PrintDocument(); pd.PrintPage += new PrintPageEventHandler(pd_PrintPage); // Specify the printer to use. pd.PrinterSettings.PrinterName = printer; if (pd.PrinterSettings.IsValid) { pd.Print(); } else { MessageBox.Show("Printer is invalid."); } } finally { streamToPrint.Close(); } } catch(Exception ex) { MessageBox.Show(ex.Message); } } [C++] public: void Printing(String* printer) { try { streamToPrint = new StreamReader (filePath); try { printFont = new System::Drawing::Font(S"Arial", 10); PrintDocument* pd = new PrintDocument(); pd->PrintPage += new PrintPageEventHandler(this, &Form1::pd_PrintPage); // Specify the printer to use. pd->PrinterSettings->PrinterName = printer; if (pd->PrinterSettings->IsValid) { pd->Print(); } else { MessageBox::Show(S"Printer is invalid."); } } __finally { streamToPrint->Close(); } } catch(Exception* ex) { MessageBox::Show(ex->Message); } }
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Requirements
Namespace: System.Drawing.Printing
Platforms: Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 2000, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003 family
Assembly: System.Drawing (in System.Drawing.dll)
See Also
PrinterSettings Members | System.Drawing.Printing Namespace | PrinterName | PrintDocument.PrinterSettings | PageSettings.PrinterSettings