PrinterSettingsContainer

PrinterSettingsContainer class

Represent a storage for some parameters of PrinterSettings object.

To learn more, visit the Printing a Document Programmatically or Using Dialogs documentation article.

public class PrinterSettingsContainer

Constructors

Name	Description
PrinterSettingsContainer(PrinterSettings)	Creates a container for PrinterSettings.

Properties

Name	Description
DefaultPageSettingsPaperSource { get; }	See PaperSource of DefaultPageSettings.
PaperSizes { get; }	See PaperSizes.
PaperSources { get; }	See PaperSources.

Remarks

Access to data of PrinterSettings takes long time. PrinterSettingsContainer caches parameters from PrinterSettings, so printing works faster.

Examples

Shows how to access and list your printer’s paper sources and sizes.

// The "PrinterSettingsContainer" contains a "PrinterSettings" object,
// which contains unique data for different printer drivers.
PrinterSettingsContainer container = new PrinterSettingsContainer(new PrinterSettings());

Console.WriteLine($"This printer contains {container.PaperSources.Count} printer paper sources:");
foreach (PaperSource paperSource in container.PaperSources)
{
    bool isDefault = container.DefaultPageSettingsPaperSource.SourceName == paperSource.SourceName;
    Console.WriteLine($"\t{paperSource.SourceName}, " +
                      $"RawKind: {paperSource.RawKind} {(isDefault ? "(Default)" : "")}");
}

// The "PaperSizes" property contains the list of paper sizes to instruct the printer to use.
// Both the PrinterSource and PrinterSize contain a "RawKind" property,
// which equates to a paper type listed on the PaperSourceKind enum.
// If there is a paper source with the same "RawKind" value as that of the printing page,
// the printer will print the page using the provided paper source and size.
// Otherwise, the printer will default to the source designated by the "DefaultPageSettingsPaperSource" property.
Console.WriteLine($"{container.PaperSizes.Count} paper sizes:");
foreach (System.Drawing.Printing.PaperSize paperSize in container.PaperSizes)
{
    Console.WriteLine($"\t{paperSize}, RawKind: {paperSize.RawKind}");
}