Basic Printing
/*
Professional Windows GUI Programming Using C#
by Jay Glynn, Csaba Torok, Richard Conway, Wahid Choudhury,
Zach Greenvoss, Shripad Kulkarni, Neil Whitlow
Publisher: Peer Information
ISBN: 1861007663
*/
using System;
using System.Drawing.Printing;
using System.Drawing;
namespace BasicPrinting
{
public class PrintSample
{
[STAThread]
static void Main(string[] args)
{
PrintSample oSample = new PrintSample();
oSample.RunSample();
}
public void RunSample()
{
Console.WriteLine("Printing to the default printer...");
try
{
PrintDocument pd = new PrintDocument();
pd.PrintPage += new PrintPageEventHandler(this.PrintPageEvent);
pd.Print();
}
catch(Exception ex)
{
Console.WriteLine("Error printing -- " + ex.ToString());
}
//Read input - to delay the closing of the DOS shell
Console.ReadLine();
}
//Event fired for each page to print
private void PrintPageEvent(object sender, PrintPageEventArgs ev)
{
string strHello = "Hello Printer!";
Font oFont = new Font("Arial",10);
Rectangle marginRect = ev.MarginBounds;
ev.Graphics.DrawRectangle(new Pen(System.Drawing.Color.Black),marginRect);
ev.Graphics.DrawString(strHello,oFont,new SolidBrush(System.Drawing.Color.Blue),
(ev.PageBounds.Right/2), ev.PageBounds.Bottom/2);
}
}
}
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