Hi,
i need to preset printer-settings in my application (printername, landscape, color, count and maybe more)
I use the printDialog, the pageSetupDialog (printDocument) to collect the values.
Finaly i set the printingSystem1 and the richTextBoxLink1 to initialize.
It work ́s but i have now a problem with the color-printing. How can i activate the color-printing in the printingSystem?
I tried to set the DefaultPageSettings bevor calling printingSystem1.PrintDlg().
if (printDocument1.PrinterSettings.IsValid)
if (printDocument1.PrinterSettings.SupportsColor) {
printDocument1.DefaultPageSettings.Color = true;
pageSetupDialog1.PageSettings.Color = true;
}
Image1 shows the success of setting the values. Image2 shows that printingSystem1 (PrintDlg) ignore these values (there is also no color on the paper ;-)) - it does ́n work!
It seams that all presetings where cleared - why ?
And what can i do to get my color without user-interaction?
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Hello Thomas,
Our methods are invoking the PrintDlg function provided by common Windows dialogs.
Try the following code, which operates with the standard PrintDocument object, and let us know the result:
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { PrintDocument pd = new PrintDocument(); pd.PrintPage += new PrintPageEventHandler(pd_PrintPage); if(pd.PrinterSettings.SupportsColor) pd.DefaultPageSettings.Color = true; PrintDialog dlg = new PrintDialog(); dlg.Document = pd; dlg.AllowSomePages = true; dlg.UseEXDialog = true; DialogResult dialogResult = dlg.ShowDialog(); if(dialogResult == DialogResult.OK) { pd.Print(); } } void pd_PrintPage(object sender, PrintPageEventArgs e) { e.Graphics.DrawRectangle(Pens.Red, new Rectangle(100, 100, 100, 100)); }Thank you,
Alex.
I am not using the common Windows dialogs (and also the PrintDocument) for printing. I use it only to get the presettings for the printer.
For printing i use the PrintingSystem from DevExP (for printing DevExpress.XtraGrid.GridControl and RTF-Text)
richTextBoxLink1.RichTextBox.Rtf = rtfText;
richTextBoxLink1.CustomPaperSize = new System.Drawing.Size(0, 0);
richTextBoxLink1.Landscape = true;
richTextBoxLink1.PaperKind = System.Drawing.Printing.PaperKind.A4;
richTextBoxLink1.PrintingSystem = this.printingSystem1;
richTextBoxLink1.VerticalContentSplitting = DevExpress.XtraPrinting.VerticalContentSplitting.Smart;
richTextBoxLink1.PrintingSystem = this.printingSystem1;
printingSystem1.PageSettings.PaperKind = paperkind;
printingSystem1.PageSettings.Landscape = landscape;
richTextBoxLink1.CreateDocument();
printingSystem1.Print();
or
printableComponentLink1.Component = this.objGrid;
printableComponentLink1.CustomPaperSize = new System.Drawing.Size(0, 0);
printableComponentLink1.Landscape = true;
printableComponentLink1.PaperKind = System.Drawing.Printing.PaperKind.A4;
printableComponentLink1.PrintingSystem = this.printingSystem1;
printableComponentLink1.VerticalContentSplitting = DevExpress.XtraPrinting.VerticalContentSplitting.Smart;
printableComponentLink1.PrintingSystem = this.printingSystem1;
printingSystem1.PageSettings.PaperKind = paperkind;
printingSystem1.PageSettings.Landscape = landscape;
printableComponentLink1.CreateDocument();
printingSystem1.Print();
My problem ist that i can not set the values oft the "printingSystem1.PrintDlg()".
Your solution shows me that ́s posible to set these values, but i have no idea how i can do this with the PrintingSystem.
Can you give me an example with the PrintingSystem ?
Thanks.
Hello Thomas,
You might need to subscribe to the PrintingSystem.StartPrint event prior to calling the PrintDlg() method.
Refer to this sample code snippet:
richTextBoxLink1.RichTextBox.Rtf = rtfText; richTextBoxLink1.CustomPaperSize = new System.Drawing.Size(0, 0); richTextBoxLink1.Landscape = true; richTextBoxLink1.PaperKind = System.Drawing.Printing.PaperKind.A4; richTextBoxLink1.PrintingSystem = this.printingSystem1; this.printingSystem1.StartPrint += new DevExpress.XtraPrinting.PrintDocumentEventHandler(PrintingSystem_StartPrint); .. void PrintingSystem_StartPrint(object sender, DevExpress.XtraPrinting.PrintDocumentEventArgs e) { if (e.PrintDocument.PrinterSettings.SupportsColor) e.PrintDocument.DefaultPageSettings.Color = true; }Let me know whether this helps.
Thank you,
Alex.
Hello Alex,
That ́s it - it work ́s !
Thanks for all (great, fast support)!
Thomas