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Thomas Anderson
Thomas Anderson

Reputation: 2067

How to print a document using PrintDialog in C#

Here is my sample code:

printDocument1.DocumentName = "C:\a.pbf";// PrintDocument printDocument1
printDialog1.Document = printDocument1;
printDialog1.AllowPrintToFile = true;
printDialog1.AllowSelection = true;
printDialog1.AllowSomePages = true;
printDialog1.PrintToFile = true;
if (printDialog1.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
    printDocument1.Print();

It runs, but it's printing an empty page. What's wrong with this?

Upvotes: 6

Views: 25579

Answers (2)

bigtheo
bigtheo

Reputation: 662

do this :

public static void PrintToASpecificPrinter()
        {     
                using (PrintDialog printDialog=new PrintDialog ())
                {
                printDialog.AllowSomePages = true;
                printDialog.AllowSelection = true;
                if (printDialog.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
                {
                    var StartInfo = new ProcessStartInfo();
                    StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = true;
                    StartInfo.UseShellExecute = true;
                    StartInfo.Verb = "printTo";
                    StartInfo.Arguments = "\"" + printDialog.PrinterSettings.PrinterName + "\"";
                    StartInfo.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden;
                    StartInfo.FileName = fileName;

                    Process.Start(StartInfo);
                }
                    
                }
                

        }

Upvotes: 1

Marc Gravell
Marc Gravell

Reputation: 1062512

You need to handle the PrintPage event to actually provide the contents; MSDN has a full example. The DocumentName is purely something to show to the user - it is not the path of an existing file to magically print.

For printing an existing PDF, maybe look at this question

Upvotes: 7

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