Print to a File

This sample shows that with PrintPRO printing to a file is very much the same as generating printer output but with a few properties set to the appropriate values. Any printer output, regardless of how it is generated, can be easily directed to a file.

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// generic Printer object, this is a real printer or a file depending on the user's selection Accusoft.PrintProSdk.Printer printer; Accusoft.PrintProSdk.PrintJob job; // object representation of a print job // prompt the user for the desired printer printer = Accusoft.PrintProSdk.Printer.SelectPrinter(pp, true); string destinationFile = System.IO.Path.Combine(Application.StartupPath, "PrintToFile.tif"); // create a file printer printer = Accusoft.PrintProSdk.Printer.CreateFilePrinter(pp, destinationFile, Accusoft.PrintProSdk.SaveFileType.Tif); // Set the dpi so the generated file is not too large. // The resulting image will be the selected dpi times the printable area // (slightly smaller than 8.5x11 because of margins). printer.RequestedDpi = 100; if(printer != null) { // Create a PrintJob object for the above-selected Printer. // If the printer is not specified, PrintPRO will just use Window's default printer. job = new Accusoft.PrintProSdk.PrintJob(printer); job.Name = "Accusoft PrintPRO Demo"; System.Drawing.Font font = new System.Drawing.Font("Arial",24,System.Drawing.FontStyle.Bold); job.Draw.TextAligned(new System.Drawing.RectangleF(1000,job.TopMargin, job.PaperWidth - 2000, 1100 - job.TopMargin), Hello! Check out PrintPRO!", font, Accusoft.PrintProSdk.Alignment.CenterJustifyMiddle); // Finish the print job to the end of the current page and print the document */ job.Finish(); }

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// generic Printer object, this is a real printer or a file depending on the user's selection
Accusoft.PrintProSdk.Printer printer;  
Accusoft.PrintProSdk.PrintJob job;   // object representation of a print job

// prompt the user for the desired printer
printer = Accusoft.PrintProSdk.Printer.SelectPrinter(pp, true);

string destinationFile = System.IO.Path.Combine(Application.StartupPath, "PrintToFile.tif");

// create a file printer
printer = Accusoft.PrintProSdk.Printer.CreateFilePrinter(pp, destinationFile, Accusoft.PrintProSdk.SaveFileType.Tif);

// Set the dpi so the generated file is not too large.
// The resulting image will be the selected dpi times the printable area
    // (slightly smaller than 8.5x11 because of margins).
printer.RequestedDpi = 100;

if(printer != null)
{
  // Create a PrintJob object for the above-selected Printer.
  // If the printer is not specified, PrintPRO will just use Window's default printer.
  job = new Accusoft.PrintProSdk.PrintJob(printer);
  job.Name = "Accusoft PrintPRO Demo";
  System.Drawing.Font font =
           new System.Drawing.Font("Arial",24,System.Drawing.FontStyle.Bold);
  job.Draw.TextAligned(new System.Drawing.RectangleF(1000,job.TopMargin,
           job.PaperWidth - 2000, 1100 - job.TopMargin), Hello! Check out PrintPRO!", font, 
           Accusoft.PrintProSdk.Alignment.CenterJustifyMiddle);

  // Finish the print job to the end of the current page and print the document */
  job.Finish();
}