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WPF: Is there a way to use PrintDialog only to select the target printer without having to provide a DocumentPaginator class?

I want to print a very simple layout with PrintDocument that fits on one page, so it doesn't require a DocumentPaginator. However I want to use PrinterDialog to select the printer. I saw examples with PrinterSettings being a property of PrinterDialog and it was simply assigned to the PrintDocument. But this doesn't seem to be possible anymore. I also looked for other solutions like custom paginator classes to use but came up empty. I might not have this deep insight into WPF, but why must it always be dongled that way...

Solution

  • Try this:

    • Import System.Printing
    • Create a PrintDialog

    And then:

    PrintDialog printDialog = new PrintDialog();
printDialog.PrintQueue = new PrintQueue(new PrintServer(), "PrinterName");
printDialog.PrintDocument(document, "PrintDocument");