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Print multiple documents in one print job

Print pages from different documents (PDF, TIFF) in a single print job to a specified printer.

C# sample:

// Create the printer object
using (Printer printer = new Printer())
{
    // Open printer
    if (!printer.OpenPrinter(printerName))
        throw new Exception(String.Format("Printer {0} could not be opened. " + 
            "{1} (ErrorCode: 0x{2:x}).", printerName, printer.ErrorMessage, printer.ErrorCode));

    // Begin print job
    if (!printer.BeginDocument("My print job."))
        throw new Exception(String.Format("Could not connect to the printer device. " + 
            "{0} (ErrorCode: 0x{1:x}).", printer.ErrorMessage, printer.ErrorCode));

    // Loop over all input documents
    foreach (string path in inputPaths)
    {
        // Open input file
        if (!printer.Open(path, ""))
            throw new Exception(String.Format("Input file {0} could not be opened. {1} " + 
                "(ErrorCode: 0x{2:x}).", path, printer.ErrorMessage, printer.ErrorCode));

        // Loop over all pages of selected file
        for (int pageNo = 1; pageNo <= printer.PageCount; pageNo++)
        {
            // Print pages of input file
            if (!printer.PrintPage(pageNo))
                throw new Exception(String.Format("Page {0} could not be printed successfully on " +
                    "printer {1}. {2} (ErrorCode: 0x{3:x}).", pageNo, printerName, 
                    printer.ErrorMessage, printer.ErrorCode));
        }

        // Close input file
        printer.Close();
    }

    // End print job
    if (!printer.EndDocument())
        throw new Exception(String.Format("The print job could not be completed or the " + 
            "connection could not be closed. {0} (ErrorCode: 0x{1:x}).", printer.ErrorMessage, 
            printer.ErrorCode));
}

C# sample:

Java sample:

// Create the printer
printer = new Printer();

// Open printer
if (!printer.openPrinter(printerName))
    throw new IOException(String.format("Printer %s could not be opened. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).",
        printerName, printer.getErrorMessage(), printer.getErrorCode()));

// Begin print job 
if (!printer.beginDocument("My print job."))
    throw new Exception(String.format("Could not connect to the printer device. " + 
        "%s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).",printer.getErrorMessage(), printer.getErrorCode()));

// Loop over all input documents
for (String path : inputPaths)
{
    // Open input file
    if (!printer.open(path, ""))
        throw new IOException(String.format("Input file %s could not be opened. " + 
            "%s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).", path, printer.getErrorMessage(), 
            printer.getErrorCode()));

    // Loop over all pages of selected file
    for (int pageNo = 1; pageNo <= printer.getPageCount(); pageNo++)
    {
        //Print pages of input file
        if (!printer.printPage(pageNo))
            throw new Exception(String.format("Page %d could not be printed successfully " + 
                "on printer %s. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).", pageNo, printerName, 
                printer.getErrorMessage(), printer.getErrorCode()));
    }

    // Close input file
    printer.close();
}

// End print job
if (!printer.endDocument())
    throw new IOException(String.format("The print job could not be completed or the connection " +
        "could not be closed. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).", printer.getErrorMessage(), 
        printer.getErrorCode()));

Java sample:

C sample:

// Create the printer object
pPrinter = PDFPrnCreateObject();

// Open printer
if (!PDFPrnOpenPrinter(pPrinter, szPrinterName))
{
    _tprintf(_T("Printer %s could not be opned. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).\n"), szPrinterName, PDFPrnGetErrorMessage(pPrinter), PDFPrnGetErrorCode(pPrinter));
    iReturnValue = 1;
    goto cleanup;
}

// Begin print job
if (!PDFPrnBeginDocument(pPrinter, _T("My print job.")))
{
    _tprintf(_T("Could not connect to the printer device. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).\n"), PDFPrnGetErrorMessage(pPrinter), PDFPrnGetErrorCode(pPrinter));
    iReturnValue = 1;
    goto cleanup;
}

// Loop over all input documents
for (int i = 0; i < nInputPaths; i++)
{
    // Open input file
    if (!PDFPrnOpen(pPrinter, szInputPaths[i], _T("")))
    {
        _tprintf(_T("Input file %s could not be opened. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).\n"), szInputPaths[i], PDFPrnGetErrorMessage(pPrinter), PDFPrnGetErrorCode(pPrinter));
        iReturnValue = 1;
        goto cleanup;
    }

    // Loop over all pages of selected file
    for (int iPage = 1; iPage <= PDFPrnGetPageCount(pPrinter); iPage++)
    {
        // Print pages of input file
        if (!PDFPrnPrintPage(pPrinter, iPage))
        {
            _tprintf(_T("Page %d could not be printed successfully on printer %s. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).\n"), iPage, szPrinterName, PDFPrnGetErrorMessage(pPrinter), PDFPrnGetErrorCode(pPrinter));
            iReturnValue = 1;
            goto cleanup;
        }
    }

    // Close input file
    PDFPrnClose(pPrinter);
}

// End print job
if (!PDFPrnEndDocument(pPrinter))
{
    _tprintf(_T("The print job could not be completed or the connection could not be closed. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x)."), PDFPrnGetErrorMessage(pPrinter), PDFPrnGetErrorCode(pPrinter));
    iReturnValue = 1;
    goto cleanup;
}

C sample:

Print multiple jobs on same printer

Break large PDF or TIFF documents into individual print jobs. Link the print jobs to define the sequential order.

C# sample:

// Create the printer object
using (Printer printer = new Printer())
{
    // Open printer
    if (!printer.OpenPrinter(printerName))
        throw new Exception(String.Format("Printer {0} could not be opened. " +
            "{1} (ErrorCode: 0x{2:x}).", printerName, printer.ErrorMessage, printer.ErrorCode));

    // Start chain of linked print jobs.
    if (!printer.BeginGroup())
        throw new Exception(String.Format("Starting chain of linked print jobs failed. " +
            "{0} (ErrorCode: 0x{1:x}).", printer.ErrorMessage, printer.ErrorCode));

    // Print first print job
    PrintDocument(printer, firstInputPath, printerName);

    // Print second print job
    PrintDocument(printer, secondInputPath, printerName);

    // Define end of the chain of linked print jobs
    if (!printer.EndGroup())
        throw new Exception(String.Format("End of print jobs chain was not set successfully. " +
            "{0} (ErrorCode: 0x{1:x}).", printer.ErrorMessage, printer.ErrorCode));

    // Close printer
    printer.ClosePrinter();
}

private static void PrintDocument(Printer printer, string inputPath, string printerName)
{
    // Begin print job
    if (!printer.BeginDocument("My print job."))
        throw new Exception(String.Format("Could not connect to the printer device. " +
            "{0} (ErrorCode: 0x{1:x}).", printer.ErrorMessage, printer.ErrorCode));

    // Open input file
    if (!printer.Open(inputPath, ""))
        throw new Exception(String.Format("Input file {0} could not be opened. " +
            "{1} (ErrorCode: 0x{2:x}).", inputPath, printer.ErrorMessage, printer.ErrorCode));

    // Loop over all pages of the input file
    for (int pageNo = 1; pageNo <= printer.PageCount; pageNo++)
    {
        // Print pages of the input file
        if (!printer.PrintPage(pageNo))
             throw new Exception(String.Format("Page {0} of input file {1} could not be printed " +
                 "successfully on printer {2}. {3} (ErrorCode: 0x{4:x}).", pageNo, inputPath,
                 printerName, printer.ErrorMessage, printer.ErrorCode));
    }

    // Close input file
    printer.Close();

    // End print job
    if (!printer.EndDocument())
        throw new Exception(String.Format("The print job could not be completed or the " +
            "connection could not be closed. {0} (ErrorCode: 0x{1:x}).", printer.ErrorMessage,
            printer.ErrorCode));
}

C# sample:

Java sample:

// Create the printer
printer = new Printer();

// Open printer
if (!printer.openPrinter(printerName))
    throw new IOException(String.format("Printer %s could not be opened. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).",
        printerName, printer.getErrorMessage(), printer.getErrorCode()));

// Start chain of linked print jobs
if (!printer.beginGroup())
    throw new IOException(String.format("Starting chain of linked print jobs failed. " + 
        "%s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).", printer.getErrorMessage(), printer.getErrorCode()));

// Print first job
printDocument(printer, firstInputPath, printerName);

// Print second job
printDocument(printer, secondInputPath, printerName);

// Define end of the chain of linked print jobs
if (!printer.endGroup())
    throw new IOException(String.format("End of print jobs chain was not set successfully. " + 
        "%s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).", printer.getErrorMessage(), printer.getErrorCode()));

// Close printer
printer.closePrinter();

private static void printDocument(Printer printer, String inputPath, String printerName) 
throws IOException
{
    // Begin print job
    if (!printer.beginDocument("My print job."))
        throw new IOException(String.format("Could not connect to the printer device. " + 
            "%s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).", printer.getErrorMessage(), printer.getErrorCode()));

    // Open input file
    if (!printer.open(inputPath, ""))
        throw new IOException(String.format("Input file %s could not be opened. " + 
            "%s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).", inputPath, printer.getErrorMessage(), 
            printer.getErrorCode()));

    // Loop over all pages of the input file
    for (int pageNo = 1; pageNo <= printer.getPageCount(); pageNo++)
    {
        // Print pages of the input file
        if (!printer.printPage(pageNo))
            throw new IOException(String.format("Page %d of %s could not be printed successfully" +
                " on printer %s. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).", pageNo, inputPath, printerName, 
                printer.getErrorMessage(), printer.getErrorCode()));
    }

    // Close input file
    printer.close();

    // End print job
    if (!printer.endDocument())
        throw new IOException(String.format("The print job could not be completed or the " + 
            "connection could not be closed. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).", printer.getErrorMessage(), 
            printer.getErrorCode()));
}

Java sample:

C sample:

// Create the printer object
pPrinter = PDFPrnCreateObject();

// Open printer
if (!PDFPrnOpenPrinter(pPrinter, szPrinterName))
{
    _tprintf(_T("Printer %s could not be opened. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).\n"), szPrinterName, PDFPrnGetErrorMessage(pPrinter), PDFPrnGetErrorCode(pPrinter));
    iReturnValue = 1;
    goto cleanup;
}

// Start chain of linked print jobs
if (!PDFPrnBeginGroup(pPrinter))
{
    _tprintf(_T("Starting chain of linked print jobs failed. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).\n"), PDFPrnGetErrorMessage(pPrinter), PDFPrnGetErrorCode(pPrinter));
    iReturnValue = 1;
    goto cleanup;
}

// Print first job
printDocument(pPrinter, szFirstInputPath, szPrinterName);

// Print second job
printDocument(pPrinter, szSecondInputPath, szPrinterName);

// Define end of the chain of linked print jobs
if (!PDFPrnEndGroup(pPrinter))
{
    _tprintf(_T("End of print job chain was not set successfully. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).\n"), PDFPrnGetErrorMessage(pPrinter), PDFPrnGetErrorCode(pPrinter));
    iReturnValue = 1;
    goto cleanup;
}

// Close printer
PDFPrnClosePrinter(pPrinter);

void printDocument(TPdfPrinter* pPrinter, TCHAR* szInputPath, TCHAR* szPrinterName)
{
    // Begin print job 
    if (!PDFPrnBeginDocument(pPrinter, _T("My print job.")))
    {
        _tprintf(_T("Could not connect to the printer device. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).\n"), PDFPrnGetErrorMessage(pPrinter), PDFPrnGetErrorCode(pPrinter));
        iReturnValue = 1;
        return;
    }

    // Open input file
    if (!PDFPrnOpen(pPrinter, szInputPath, _T("")))
    {
        _tprintf(_T("Input file %s could not be opened. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).\n"), szInputPath, PDFPrnGetErrorMessage(pPrinter), PDFPrnGetErrorCode(pPrinter));
        iReturnValue = 1;
        goto cleanup;
    }

    // Loop over all pages of the input file
    for (int iPage = 1; iPage <= PDFPrnGetPageCount(pPrinter); iPage++)
    {
        // Print pages of the input file
        if (!PDFPrnPrintPage(pPrinter, iPage))
        {
            _tprintf(_T("Page %d of input file %s could not be printed successfully on printer %s. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).\n"), iPage, szInputPath, szPrinterName, PDFPrnGetErrorMessage(pPrinter), PDFPrnGetErrorCode(pPrinter));
            iReturnValue = 1;
            goto cleanup;
        }
    }

    // Close input file
    PDFPrnClose(pPrinter);

    // End print job
    if (!PDFPrnEndDocument(pPrinter))
    {
        _tprintf(_T("The print job could not be completed or the connection could not be closed. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).\n"), PDFPrnGetErrorMessage(pPrinter), PDFPrnGetErrorCode(pPrinter));
        iReturnValue = 1;
    }

    return;

cleanup:
    PDFPrnEndDocument(pPrinter);
}

C sample:

Print same document on multiple printers

Print the same PDF document to different printers. Optionally, specify the pages to be printed on one printer. Otherwise the first page is printed on one printer and the remaining pages on another printer.

C# sample:

// Create the printer object
using (Printer printer = new Printer())
{
    // Open input file
    if (!printer.Open(inputPath, ""))
        throw new Exception(String.Format("Input file {0} could not be opened. " + 
            "{1} (ErrorCode: 0x{2:x}).", inputPath, printer.ErrorMessage, printer.ErrorCode));

    // Open first printer
    if (!printer.OpenPrinter(firstPrinterName))
        throw new Exception(String.Format("Printer {0} could not be opened. {1} " + 
            "(ErrorCode: 0x{2:x}).", firstPrinterName, printer.ErrorMessage, printer.ErrorCode));

    // Begin first print job
    if (!printer.BeginDocument("My first print job."))
        throw new Exception(String.Format("Could not connect to the printer device. " +
                "{0} (ErrorCode: 0x{1:x}).", printer.ErrorMessage, printer.ErrorCode));

    // Print desired page of the input file
    if (!printer.PrintPage(pageNumber))
        throw new Exception(String.Format("Page {0} of {1} could not be printed successfully on " + 
            "printer {2}. {3} (ErrorCode: 0x{4:x}).", pageNumber, inputPath, firstPrinterName, 
            printer.ErrorMessage, printer.ErrorCode));

    // End first print job
    if (!printer.EndDocument())
        throw new Exception(String.Format("The print job could not be completed or the " + 
            "connection could not be closed. {0} (ErrorCode: 0x{1:x}).", printer.ErrorMessage, 
            printer.ErrorCode));

    // Close first printer
    printer.ClosePrinter();

    // Open second printer
    if (!printer.OpenPrinter(secondPrinterName))
        throw new Exception(String.Format("Printer {0} could not be opened. {1} " + 
            "(ErrorCode: 0x{2:x}).", secondPrinterName, printer.ErrorMessage, printer.ErrorCode));

    // Begin second print job
    if (!printer.BeginDocument("My second print job."))
        throw new Exception(String.Format("Could not connect to the printer device. " + 
            "{0} (ErrorCode: 0x{2:x}).", printer.ErrorMessage, printer.ErrorCode));

    // Loop over second (if exist) to last page.
    for (int pageNo = 2; pageNo < printer.PageCount; pageNo++)
    {
        // Print remaining pages of input file
        if (!printer.PrintPage(pageNo))
            throw new Exception(String.Format("Page {0} could not be printed successfully " + 
                "on printer {1}. {2} (ErrorCode: 0x{3:x}).", pageNo, secondPrinterName, 
                printer.ErrorMessage, printer.ErrorCode));
    }

    // End second print job
    if (!printer.EndDocument())
        throw new Exception(String.Format("The print job could not be completed or the " + 
            "connection could not be closed. {0} (ErrorCode: 0x{1:x}).", printer.ErrorMessage, 
            printer.ErrorCode));

    // Close second printer
    printer.ClosePrinter();

    // Close input file
    printer.Close();
}

C# sample:

Java sample:

// Create the printer
printer = new Printer();

// Open input file
if (!printer.open(inputPath, ""))
    throw new IOException(String.format("Input file %s could not be opened. " + 
        "%s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).", inputPath, printer.getErrorMessage(), printer.getErrorCode()));

// Open first printer
if (!printer.openPrinter(firstPrinterName))
    throw new IOException(String.format("Printer %s could not be opened. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).",
        firstPrinterName, printer.getErrorMessage(), printer.getErrorCode()));

// Begin first print job
if (!printer.beginDocument("My first print job."))
    throw new IOException(String.format("Could not connect to the printer device. " + 
        "%s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).", printer.getErrorMessage(), printer.getErrorCode()));

// Print desired page of the input file
if (!printer.printPage(pageNumber))
    throw new IOException(String.format("Page %d of %s could not be printed successfully " + 
        "on printer %s. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).", pageNumber, inputPath, firstPrinterName, 
        printer.getErrorMessage(), printer.getErrorCode()));

// End first print job
if (!printer.endDocument())
    throw new IOException(String.format("The print job could not be completed or the connection " + 
        "could not be closed. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).", printer.getErrorMessage(),
        printer.getErrorCode()));

// Close first printer
printer.closePrinter();

// Open second printer
if (!printer.openPrinter(secondPrinterName))
    throw new IOException(String.format("Printer %s could not be opened. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).",
        secondPrinterName, printer.getErrorMessage(), printer.getErrorCode()));

// Begin second print job
if (!printer.beginDocument("My second print job."))
    throw new IOException(String.format("Could not connect to the printer device. " + 
        "%s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).", printer.getErrorMessage(), printer.getErrorCode()));

// Loop over second (if exist) to last page
for (int pageNo = 2; pageNo < printer.getPageCount(); pageNo++)
{
    // Print remaining pages of input file
    if (!printer.printPage(pageNo))
        throw new IOException(String.format("Page %d could not be printed successfully on " + 
            "printer %s. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).", pageNo, secondPrinterName, 
            printer.getErrorMessage(), printer.getErrorCode()));
}

// End second print job 
if (!printer.endDocument())
    throw new IOException(String.format("The print job could not be completed or the connection " +
        "could not be closed. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).", printer.getErrorMessage(),
        printer.getErrorCode()));

// Close second printer 
printer.closePrinter();

// Close input file
printer.close();

Java sample:

C sample:

// Create the printer object
pPrinter = PDFPrnCreateObject();

// Open input file 
if (!PDFPrnOpen(pPrinter, szInputPath, _T("")))
{
    _tprintf(_T("Input file %s could not be opened. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).\n"), szInputPath, PDFPrnGetErrorMessage(pPrinter), PDFPrnGetErrorCode(pPrinter));
    iReturnValue = 1;
}

// Open first printer
if (!PDFPrnOpenPrinter(pPrinter, szFirstPrinterName))
{
    _tprintf(_T("Printer %s could not be opened. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).\n"), szFirstPrinterName, PDFPrnGetErrorMessage(pPrinter), PDFPrnGetErrorCode(pPrinter));
    iReturnValue = 1;
    goto cleanup;
}

// Begin first print job
if (!PDFPrnBeginDocument(pPrinter, _T("My first print job.\n")))
{
    _tprintf(_T("Could not connect to the printer device. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).\n"), PDFPrnGetErrorMessage(pPrinter), PDFPrnGetErrorCode(pPrinter));
    iReturnValue = 1;
    goto cleanup;
}

// Print desired page of the input file
if (!PDFPrnPrintPage(pPrinter, iPageNumber))
{
    _tprintf(_T("Page %d of %s could not be printed succesfully on printer %s. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).\n"), iPageNumber, szInputPath, szFirstPrinterName, PDFPrnGetErrorMessage(pPrinter), PDFPrnGetErrorCode(pPrinter));
    iReturnValue = 1;
    goto cleanup;
}

// End first print job
if (!PDFPrnEndDocument(pPrinter))
{
    _tprintf(_T("The print job could not be printed successfully on printer %s. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).\n"), szFirstPrinterName, PDFPrnGetErrorMessage(pPrinter), PDFPrnGetErrorCode(pPrinter));
    iReturnValue = 1;
    goto cleanup;
}

// Close first printer
PDFPrnClosePrinter(pPrinter);


// Open second printer
if (!PDFPrnOpenPrinter(pPrinter, szSecondPrinterName))
{
    _tprintf(_T("Printer %s could not be opened. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).\n"), szSecondPrinterName, PDFPrnGetErrorMessage(pPrinter), PDFPrnGetErrorCode(pPrinter));
    iReturnValue = 1;
    goto cleanup;
}

// Begin second print job
if (!PDFPrnBeginDocument(pPrinter, _T("My second print job.")))
{
    _tprintf(_T("Could not connect to the printer device. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).\n"), PDFPrnGetErrorMessage(pPrinter), PDFPrnGetErrorCode(pPrinter));
    iReturnValue = 1;
    goto cleanup;
}

// Loop over second (if exist) to last page
for (int iPage = 2; iPage < PDFPrnGetPageCount(pPrinter); iPage++)
{
    // Print remaining pages of input file
    if (!PDFPrnPrintPage(pPrinter, iPage))
    {
        _tprintf(_T("Page %d could not be printed successfull on printer %s. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).\n"), iPage, szSecondPrinterName, PDFPrnGetErrorMessage(pPrinter), PDFPrnGetErrorCode(pPrinter));
        iReturnValue = 1;
        goto cleanup;
    }
}

// End second print job
if (!PDFPrnEndDocument(pPrinter))
{
    _tprintf(_T("The print job could not be completed or the connection could not be closed. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).\n"), PDFPrnGetErrorMessage(pPrinter), PDFPrnGetErrorCode(pPrinter));
    iReturnValue = 1;
    goto cleanup;
}

// Close second printer
PDFPrnClosePrinter(pPrinter);

// Close input file
PDFPrnClose(pPrinter);

C sample:

Print a PDF document

Print all or selected pages of a PDF or TIFF document to a specified printer.

C# sample:

// Create the printer object
using (Printer printer = new Printer())
{
    // Print input file to one specified printer
    if (!printer.PrintFile(inputPath, printerName, "", firstPage, lastPage))
        throw new Exception(String.Format("Printing input file {0} failed. " + 
            "{1} (ErrorCode: 0x{2:x}).", inputPath, printer.ErrorMessage, printer.ErrorCode));
}

C# sample:

Java sample:

// Create the printer
printer = new Printer();

// Print input file to one specified printer
if (!printer.printFile(inputPath, printerName, "", firstPage, lastPage))
    throw new IOException(String.format("Printing input file %s failed. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).",
        inputPath, printer.getErrorMessage(), printer.getErrorCode()));

Java sample:

C sample:

// Create the printer object
pPrinter = PDFPrnCreateObject();

// Print input file to one specified printer
if (!PDFPrnPrintFile(pPrinter, szInputPath, szPrinterName, _T(""), iFirstPage, iLastPage))
{
    _tprintf(_T("Printing input file %s failed. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).\n"), szInputPath, PDFPrnGetErrorMessage(pPrinter), PDFPrnGetErrorCode(pPrinter));
    iReturnValue = 1;
}

C sample:

Print to file

Save the spool file instead of sending it to a printer. Create PostScript, PCL or other files, depending on the used printer driver.

C# sample:

// Create the printer object
using (Printer printer = new Printer())
{
    // Open printer
    if (!printer.OpenPrinter(printerName))
        throw new Exception(String.Format("Printer {0} could not be opened. " + 
            "{1} (ErrorCode: 0x{2:x}).", printerName, printer.ErrorMessage, printer.ErrorCode));

    // Set name of file to print to
    printer.Output = outputPath;

    // Begin print job
    if (!printer.BeginDocument("My print job."))
        throw new Exception(String.Format("Could not connect to the printer device. " + 
            "{0} (ErrorCode: 0x{1:x}).", printer.ErrorMessage, printer.ErrorCode));

    // Open input file
    if (!printer.Open(inputPath, ""))
        throw new Exception(String.Format("Input file {0} could not be opened. " + 
            "{1} (ErrorCode: 0x{2:x}).", inputPath, printer.ErrorMessage, printer.ErrorCode));

    // Loop over all pages of selected file
    for (int pageNo = 1; pageNo <= printer.PageCount; pageNo++)
    {
        // Print pages of input file
        if (!printer.PrintPage(pageNo))
            throw new Exception(String.Format("Page {0} could not be printed successfully on " + 
                "printer {1}. {2} (ErrorCode: 0x{3:x}).", pageNo, printerName, printer.ErrorMessage, 
                printer.ErrorCode));
    }

    // Close input file
    printer.Close();

    // End print job
    if (!printer.EndDocument())
        throw new Exception(String.Format("The print job could not be completed or the " + 
            "connection could not be closed. {0} (ErrorCode: 0x{1:x}).", printer.ErrorMessage, 
            printer.ErrorCode));
}

C# sample:

Java sample:

// Create the printer
printer = new Printer();

// Open printer
if (!printer.openPrinter(printerName))
    throw new IOException(String.format("Printer %s could not be opened. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).",
        printerName, printer.getErrorMessage(), printer.getErrorCode()));

// Set name of file to print to
printer.setOutput(outputPath);

// Begin print job
if (!printer.beginDocument("My print job."))
    throw new IOException(String.format("Could not connect to the printer device. " + 
        "%s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).", printer.getErrorMessage(), printer.getErrorCode()));

// Open input file 
if (!printer.open(inputPath, ""))
    throw new IOException(String.format("Input file %s could not be opened. " + 
        "%s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).", inputPath, printer.getErrorMessage(), printer.getErrorCode()));

// Loop over all pages of selected file 
for (int pageNo = 1; pageNo <= printer.getPageCount(); pageNo++)
{
    if (!printer.printPage(pageNo))
        throw new IOException(String.format("Page %d of %s could not be printed successfully " + 
            "on printer %s. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).", pageNo, inputPath, printerName, 
            printer.getErrorMessage(), printer.getErrorCode()));
}

// Close input file
printer.close();

// End print job
if (!printer.endDocument())
    throw new IOException(String.format("The print job could not be completed or the connection " + 
        "could not be closed. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).", printer.getErrorMessage(), 
        printer.getErrorCode()));

Java sample:

C sample:

pPrinter = PDFPrnCreateObject();

// Open printer
if (!PDFPrnOpenPrinter(pPrinter, szPrinterName))
{
    _tprintf(_T("Printer %s could not be opened. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).\n"), szPrinterName, PDFPrnGetErrorMessage(pPrinter), PDFPrnGetErrorCode(pPrinter));
    iReturnValue = 1;
    goto cleanup;
}

// Set name of file to print to
PDFPrnSetOutput(pPrinter, szOutputPath);

// Begin print job
if (!PDFPrnBeginDocument(pPrinter, _T("My print job.")))
{
    _tprintf(_T("Could not connect to the printer device. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).\n"), PDFPrnGetErrorMessage(pPrinter), PDFPrnGetErrorCode(pPrinter));
    iReturnValue = 1;
    goto cleanup;
}

// Open input file
if (!PDFPrnOpen(pPrinter, szInputPath, _T("")))
{
    _tprintf(_T("Input file %s could not be opened. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).\n"), szInputPath, PDFPrnGetErrorMessage(pPrinter), PDFPrnGetErrorCode(pPrinter));
    iReturnValue = 1;
    goto cleanup;
}

// Loop over all pages of selected file
for (int iPage = 1; iPage <= PDFPrnGetPageCount(pPrinter); iPage++)
{
    // Print pages of input file
    if (!PDFPrnPrintPage(pPrinter, iPage))
    {
        _tprintf(_T("Page %d could not be printed successfully on printer %s. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).\n"), iPage, szPrinterName, PDFPrnGetErrorMessage(pPrinter), PDFPrnGetErrorCode(pPrinter));
        iReturnValue = 1;
        goto cleanup;
    }
}

// Close input file
PDFPrnClose(pPrinter);

// End print job
if (!PDFPrnEndDocument(pPrinter))
{
    _tprintf(_T("The print job could not be completed or the connection could not be closed. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).\n"), PDFPrnGetErrorMessage(pPrinter), PDFPrnGetErrorCode(pPrinter));
    iReturnValue = 1;
    goto cleanup;
}

C sample:

Features and Configuration

List printers and their properties

A list of all available printers from localhost is written to a text file. For the listed printers get information about available duplex modes, bins, number of paper sizes, number of supported media types of a printer etc.

C# sample:

// Create the printer object
using (Printer printer = new Printer())
{
    // Create output text file containing a list of all available printers in localhost
    using (StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter(txtFilePath))
    {
        writer.WriteLine("List of available printers in localhost:");
        writer.WriteLine("----------------------------------------");

        // Loop over all printers in localhost
        for (int printerNo = 0, printerCount = printer.GetPrinterCount(""); printerNo < printerCount; printerNo++)
        {
            string printerName = printer.GetPrinter(printerNo);
            writer.WriteLine("Printer {0}: {1}", printerNo + 1, printerName);

            // Open printer
            if (!printer.OpenPrinter(printerName))
                throw new Exception(String.Format("Printer {0} could not be opened. " + 
                "{1} (ErrorCode: 0x{2:x}).", printerName, printer.ErrorMessage, printer.ErrorCode));

            // List duplex modes for selected printer
            writer.WriteLine("  Duplex Modes:");
            for (int i = 0, n = printer.GetDuplexModeCount(printerName); i < n; i++)
                writer.WriteLine("    - {0}", printer.GetDuplexMode(i));

            // List bins for selected printer
            writer.WriteLine("  Bins:");
            for (int i = 0, n = printer.GetBinCount(printerName); i < n; i++)
                writer.WriteLine("    - {0}", printer.GetBin(i));

            // List paper sizes for selected printer
            writer.WriteLine("  Paper:");
            for (int i = 0, n = printer.GetPaperCount(printerName); i < n; i++)
                writer.WriteLine("    - {0}", printer.GetPaper(i));

            // List media types for selected printer
            writer.WriteLine("  Media Types:");
            for (int i = 0, n = printer.GetMediaTypeCount(printerName); i < n; i++)
                writer.WriteLine("    - {0}", printer.GetMediaTypeName(i));

            // Close printer
            printer.ClosePrinter();

            writer.WriteLine("----------------------------------------");
        }
    }
}

C# sample:

Java sample:

// Create the printer
printer = new Printer();

// Create output text file containing a list of all available printers in localhost
PrintWriter writer = new PrintWriter(new FileOutputStream(txtFilePath));

writer.println("List of available printers in localhost:");
writer.println("----------------------------------------");

// Loop over all printers in localhost
for (int printerNo = 0, printerCount = printer.getPrinterCount(""); printerNo < printerCount; printerNo++)
{
    String printerName = printer.getPrinter(printerNo);
    writer.println("Printer "+ (printerNo + 1) + ": " + printerName);

    // Open printer
    if (!printer.openPrinter(printerName))
        throw new IOException(String.format("Printer %s could not be opened. " + 
            "%s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).", printerName, printer.getErrorMessage(), 
            printer.getErrorCode()));

    // List duplex modes for selected printer
    writer.println("  Duplex Modes:");
    for (int i = 0, n = printer.getDuplexModeCount(printerName); i < n; i++)
        writer.println("    - " + printer.getDuplexMode(i));

    // List bins for selected printer
    writer.println("  Bins:");
    for (int i = 0, n = printer.getBinCount(printerName); i < n; i++)
        writer.println("    - " + printer.getBin(i));

    // List paper sizes for selected printer
    writer.println("  Paper:");
    for (int i = 0; i < printer.getPaperCount(printerName); i++)
        writer.println("    - " + printer.getPaper(i));

    // List media types for selected printer
    writer.println("  Media Types:");
    for (int i = 0, n = printer.getMediaTypeCount(printerName); i < ; i++)
        writer.println("    - " + printer.getMediaTypeName(i));

    // Close printer
    if (!printer.closePrinter())
        throw new IOException(String.format("Printer %s could not be closed. " + 
            "%s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).", printerName, printer.getErrorMessage(), 
            printer.getErrorCode()));

    writer.println("----------------------------------------");
}
writer.flush();
writer.close();

Java sample:

C sample:

// Create the printer object
pPrinter = PDFPrnCreateObject();

// Create output text file containing a list of all available printers in localhost
pTxtFile = _tfopen(szTextFilePath, _T("w"));
_ftprintf(pTxtFile, _T("List of available printers in localhost:\n"));
_ftprintf(pTxtFile, _T("----------------------------------------\n"));

// Loop over all printers in localhost
for (int iPrinter = 0, nPrinters = PDFPrnGetPrinterCount(pPrinter, ""); iPrinter < nPrinters; iPrinter++)
{
    TCHAR szPrinterName[256];
   _tcscpy(szPrinterName, PDFPrnGetPrinter(pPrinter, iPrinter));
   _ftprintf(pTxtFile, _T("Printer %d: %s\n"), iPrinter + 1, szPrinterName);

   // Open printer
   if (!PDFPrnOpenPrinter(pPrinter, szPrinterName))
   {
       _tprintf(_T("Printer %s could not be opened. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).\n"), szPrinterName, PDFPrnGetErrorMessage(pPrinter), PDFPrnGetErrorCode(pPrinter));
       continue;
   }

    // List duplex modes for selected printer
    _ftprintf(pTxtFile, _T("  Duplex Modes:\n"));
    for (int j = 0, n = PDFPrnGetDuplexModeCount(pPrinter, szPrinterName); j < n; j++)
        _ftprintf(pTxtFile, _T("   - %s\n"), PDFPrnGetDuplexMode(pPrinter, j));

    // List bins for selected printer
    _ftprintf(pTxtFile, _T("  Bins:\n"));
    for (int j = 0, n = PDFPrnGetBinCount(pPrinter, szPrinterName); j < n; j++)
        _ftprintf(pTxtFile, _T("   - %s\n"), PDFPrnGetBin(pPrinter, j));

    // List paper sizes for selected printer
    _ftprintf(pTxtFile, _T("  Paper:\n"));
    for (int j = 0, n = PDFPrnGetPaperCount(pPrinter, szPrinterName); j < n; j++)
        _ftprintf(pTxtFile, _T("   - %s\n"), PDFPrnGetPaper(pPrinter, j));

    // List media types for selected printer
    _ftprintf(pTxtFile, _T("  Media Types:\n"));
    for (int j = 0, n = PDFPrnGetMediaTypeCount(pPrinter, szPrinterName); j < ; j++)
        _ftprintf(pTxtFile, _T("   - %s\n"), PDFPrnGetMediaTypeName(pPrinter, j));

    // Close printer
    PDFPrnClosePrinter(pPrinter);

    _ftprintf(pTxtFile, _T("----------------------------------------\n"));
}

C sample:

Customize Printing

Print document using the specified duplex mode

Print a PDF document and optionally choose between simplex, vertical or horizontal duplex mode. Otherwise, the printer’s default duplex mode is used.

C# sample:

// Create the printer object
using (Printer printer = new Printer())
{
    // Open input file
    if (!printer.Open(inputPath, ""))
        throw new Exception(String.Format("Input file {0} could not be opened. " + 
            "{1} (ErrorCode: 0x{2:x}).", inputPath, printer.ErrorMessage, printer.ErrorCode));

    // Open printer
    if (!printer.OpenPrinter(printerName))
        throw new Exception(String.Format("Printer {0} could not be opened. " + 
            "{1} (ErrorCode: 0x{2:x}).", printerName, printer.ErrorMessage, printer.ErrorCode));

    // Set duplex mode when not using default duplex mode
    if (setDuplexMode)
        printer.Duplex = duplexMode;

    // Begin print job
    if (!printer.BeginDocument("My print job."))
        throw new Exception(String.Format("Could not connect to the printer device. " + 
            "{0} (ErrorCode: 0x{1:x}).", printer.ErrorMessage, printer.ErrorCode));

    // Print pages of input file
    for (int pageNo = 1; pageNo <= printer.PageCount; pageNo++)
    {
        if (!printer.PrintPage(pageNo))
            throw new Exception(String.Format("Page {0} of {1} could not be printed successfully" +
                "on printer {2}. {3} (ErrorCode: 0x{4:x}).", pageNo, inputPath, printerName, 
                printer.ErrorMessage, printer.ErrorCode));
    }

    // End print job
    if (!printer.EndDocument())
        throw new Exception(String.Format("The print job could not be completed or the ´" + 
            "connection could not be closed. {0} (ErrorCode: 0x{1:x}).", printer.ErrorMessage, 
            printer.ErrorCode));

    // Close printer
    if (!printer.ClosePrinter())
        throw new Exception(String.Format("Printer {0} could not be closed. " + 
            "{1} (ErrorCode: 0x{2:x}).", printerName, printer.ErrorMessage, printer.ErrorCode));

    // Close input file
    if (!printer.Close())
        throw new Exception(String.Format("Input file {0} could not be closed. " + 
            "{1} (ErrorCode: 0x{2:x}).", inputPath, printer.ErrorMessage, printer.ErrorCode));
}

C# sample:

Java sample:

// Create the printer
printer = new Printer();

// Open input file
if (!printer.open(inputPath, ""))
    throw new IOException(String.format("Input file %s could not be opened. " + 
        "%s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).", inputPath, printer.getErrorMessage(), printer.getErrorCode()));

// Open printer
if (!printer.openPrinter(printerName))
    throw new IOException(String.format("Printer %s could not be opened. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).",
        printerName, printer.getErrorMessage(), printer.getErrorCode()));

// Set duplex mode when not using default duplex mode
if (duplexMode != -1)
    printer.setDuplex(duplexMode);

// Begin print job
if (!printer.beginDocument("My print job."))
    throw new IOException(String.format("Could not connect to the printer device. " + 
        "%s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).", printer.getErrorMessage(), printer.getErrorCode()));

// Print pages of input file
for (int pageNo = 1; pageNo <= printer.getPageCount();pageNo++)
{
    if (!printer.printPage(pageNo))
        throw new IOException(String.format("Page %d of %s could not be printed successfully " + 
            "on printer %s. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).", pageNo, inputPath, printerName, 
            printer.getErrorMessage(), printer.getErrorCode()));
}

// End print job
if (!printer.endDocument())
    throw new IOException(String.format("The print job could not be completed or the connection " +
        "could not be closed. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).", printer.getErrorMessage(), 
        printer.getErrorCode()));

// Close input file
printer.close();

Java sample:

C sample:

// Create the printer object
pPrinter = PDFPrnCreateObject();

// Open input file
if (!PDFPrnOpen(pPrinter, szInputPath, _T("")))
{
    _tprintf(_T("Input file %s could not be opened. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).\n"), szInputPath, PDFPrnGetErrorMessage(pPrinter), PDFPrnGetErrorCode(pPrinter));
    iReturnValue = 1;
    goto cleanup;
}

// Open printer
if (!PDFPrnOpenPrinter(pPrinter, szPrinterName))
{
    _tprintf(_T("Printer %s could not be opened. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).\n"), szPrinterName, PDFPrnGetErrorMessage(pPrinter), PDFPrnGetErrorCode(pPrinter));
    iReturnValue = 1;
    goto cleanup;
}

// Set duplex mode when not using default duplex mode
if (iDuplexMode != -1)
    PDFPrnSetDuplex(pPrinter, iDuplexMode);

// Begin print job
if (!PDFPrnBeginDocument(pPrinter, _T("My print job.")))
{
    _tprintf(_T("Could not connect to the printer device. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).\n"), PDFPrnGetErrorMessage(pPrinter), PDFPrnGetErrorCode(pPrinter));
    iReturnValue = 1;
    goto cleanup;
}

// Print pages of input file
for (int iPage = 1; iPage <= PDFPrnGetPageCount(pPrinter); iPage++)
{
    if (!PDFPrnPrintPage(pPrinter, iPage))
    {
        _tprintf(_T("Page %d of %s could not be printed successfully on printer %s. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).\n"), iPage, szInputPath, szPrinterName, PDFPrnGetErrorMessage(pPrinter), PDFPrnGetErrorCode(pPrinter));
        iReturnValue = 1;
        goto cleanup;
    }
}

// End print job
if (!PDFPrnEndDocument(pPrinter))
{
    _tprintf(_T("The print job could not be completed or connection could not be closed. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).\n"), PDFPrnGetErrorMessage(pPrinter), PDFPrnGetErrorCode(pPrinter));
    iReturnValue = 1;
    goto cleanup;
}

// Close input file
PDFPrnClose(pPrinter);

C sample:

Print a PDF document using a device mode file

Apply printer specific custom features, such as custom stapling, by means of device mode file. To create a device mode file, see sample "PdfPrinterSaveDevMode".

C# sample:

// Create the printer object
using (Printer printer = new Printer())
{

    // Open input file
    if (!printer.Open(inputPath, ""))
        throw new Exception(String.Format("Input file {0} could not be opened. " + 
            "{1} (ErrorCode: 0x{2:x}).", inputPath, printer.ErrorMessage, printer.ErrorCode));

    // Open printer
    if (!printer.OpenPrinter(printerName))
        throw new Exception(String.Format("Printer {0} could not be opened. " + 
            "{1} (ErrorCode: 0x{2:x}).", printerName, printer.ErrorMessage, printer.ErrorCode));

    // Set device mode from file 
    printer.DevMode = File.ReadAllBytes(devModeFile);

    // Begin print job
    if (!printer.BeginDocument("My print job."))
        throw new Exception(String.Format("Could not connect to the printer device. " + 
            "{0} (ErrorCode: 0x{1:x}).", printer.ErrorMessage, printer.ErrorCode));

    // Loop over all pages of the input file
    for (int pageNo = 1; pageNo <= printer.PageCount; pageNo++)
    {
        // Print pages of the input file
        if (!printer.PrintPage(pageNo))
            throw new Exception(String.Format("Page {0} of input file {1} could not be printed " + 
                "successfully on printer {2}. {3} (ErrorCode: 0x{4:x}).", pageNo, inputPath,
                printerName, printer.ErrorMessage, printer.ErrorCode));
    }

    // Close input file
    printer.Close();

    // End print job
    if (!printer.EndDocument())
        throw new Exception(String.Format("The print job could not be completed or the " + 
            "connection could not be closed. {0} (ErrorCode: 0x{1:x}).", printer.ErrorMessage, 
            printer.ErrorCode));
}

C# sample:

Java sample:

// Create the printer
printer = new Printer();

// Open input file 
if (!printer.open(inputPath, ""))
    throw new Exception(String.format("Input file %s could not be opened. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).",
        inputPath, printer.getErrorMessage(), printer.getErrorCode()));

// Open printer
if (!printer.openPrinter(printerName))
    throw new IOException(String.format("Printer %s could not be opened. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).",
        printerName, printer.getErrorMessage(), printer.getErrorCode()));

// Read and set device mode file
byte[] bytes = Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get(devModePath)); 
printer.setDevMode(bytes);

// Begin print job 
if (!printer.beginDocument("My print job."))
    throw new Exception(String.format("Could not connect to the printer device. " + 
        "%s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).", printer.getErrorMessage(), printer.getErrorCode()));

// Loop over all pages of the input file
for (int pageNo = 1; pageNo <= printer.getPageCount(); pageNo++)
{    
    //Print pages of input file
    if (!printer.printPage(pageNo))
            throw new Exception(String.format("Page %d of input file %s could not be printed " + 
                "successfully on printer %s. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).", pageNo, inputPath, 
                printerName, printer.getErrorMessage(), printer.getErrorCode()));
}

// Close input file
printer.close();

// End print job
if (!printer.endDocument())
    throw new IOException(String.format("The print job could not be completed or the connection " +
        "could not be closed. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).", printer.getErrorMessage(), 
        printer.getErrorCode()));

Java sample:

C sample:

// Create the printer object
pPrinter = PDFPrnCreateObject();

// Open input file
if (!PDFPrnOpen(pPrinter, szInputPath, _T("")))
{
    _tprintf(_T("Input file %s could not be opened. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).\n"), szInputPath, PDFPrnGetErrorMessage(pPrinter), PDFPrnGetErrorCode(pPrinter));
    iReturnValue = 1;
    goto cleanup;
}

// Open printer
if (!PDFPrnOpenPrinter(pPrinter, szPrinterName))
{
    _tprintf(_T("Printer %s could not be opened. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).\n"), szPrinterName, PDFPrnGetErrorMessage(pPrinter), PDFPrnGetErrorCode(pPrinter));
    iReturnValue = 1;
    goto cleanup;
}

// Open device mode file
pStream = _tfopen(szDevModeFile, _T("rb"));
fseek(pStream, 0, SEEK_END);
nLength = ftell(pStream);
void* pDevBuffer = malloc(nLength);
fseek(pStream, 0, SEEK_SET);
fread(pDevBuffer, 1, nLength, pStream);
fclose(pStream);

// Set device mdoe
if (!PDFPrnSetDevMode(pPrinter, pDevBuffer, nLength))
{
    _tprintf(_T("Device mode could not be set. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).\n"), PDFPrnGetErrorMessage(pPrinter), PDFPrnGetErrorCode(pPrinter));
    iReturnValue = 1;
    goto cleanup;
}

// Begin print job
if (!PDFPrnBeginDocument(pPrinter, _T("My print job.\n")))
{
    _tprintf(_T("Could not connect to the printer device. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).\n"), PDFPrnGetErrorMessage(pPrinter), PDFPrnGetErrorCode(pPrinter));
    iReturnValue = 1;
    goto cleanup;
}

// Loop over all pages of the input file
for (int iPage = 1; iPage <= PDFPrnGetPageCount(pPrinter); iPage++)
{
    // Print pages of the input file
    if (!PDFPrnPrintPage(pPrinter, iPage))
    {
        _tprintf(_T("Page %d of input file %s could not be printed successfully on printer %s. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).\n"), iPage, szInputPath, szPrinterName, PDFPrnGetErrorMessage(pPrinter), PDFPrnGetErrorCode(pPrinter));
        iReturnValue = 1;
        goto cleanup;
    }
}

// Close input file
PDFPrnClose(pPrinter);

// End print job
if (!PDFPrnEndDocument(pPrinter))
{
    _tprintf(_T("The print job could not be completed or the connection could not be closed. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).\n"), PDFPrnGetErrorMessage(pPrinter), PDFPrnGetErrorCode(pPrinter));
    iReturnValue = 1;
    goto cleanup;
}

C sample:

Customize the device mode

Set printer specific custom features, such as custom stapling, using the printer driver’s GUI for properties and save the settings in a device mode file. Load it for print job requiring these settings (see sample "PdfPrinterLoadDevMode").

C# sample:

// Create the printer object
using (Printer printer = new Printer())
{
    // Open printer
    if (!printer.OpenPrinter(printerName))
        throw new Exception(String.Format("Printer {0} could not be opened. " + 
            "{1} (ErrorCode: 0x{2:x}).", printerName, printer.ErrorMessage, printer.ErrorCode));

    // Open device mode dialog for the printer at hand
    if (!printer.EditDevMode(IntPtr.Zero))
        throw new Exception(String.Format("Editing Device Mode of printer {0} failed. " +
            "{1} (ErrorCode: 0x{2:x}).", printerName, printer.ErrorMessage, printer.ErrorCode));

    // Save device mode in to a file
    byte[] devmode = printer.DevMode;
    File.WriteAllBytes(DevMode, devmode);
}

C# sample:

Java sample:

// Create the printer
printer = new Printer();

// Open printer
if (!printer.openPrinter(printerName))
    throw new IOException(String.format("Printer %s could not be opened. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).",
        printerName, printer.getErrorMessage(), printer.getErrorCode()));

// Open device mode dialog for the printer at hand
if (!printer.editDevMode(0))
    throw new IOException(String.format("Editing Device Mode of printer %s failed. " + 
        "%s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).", printerName, printer.getErrorMessage(), printer.getErrorCode()));

// Save device mode in to a file
byte[] devmode = printer.getDevMode();
Files.write(Paths.get(devModePath), devmode, StandardOpenOption.CREATE_NEW);

Java sample:

C sample:

// Create the printer object
pPrinter = PDFPrnCreateObject();

// Open printer
if (!PDFPrnOpenPrinter(pPrinter, szPrinterName))
{
    _tprintf(_T("Printer %s could not be opened. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).\n"), szPrinterName, PDFPrnGetErrorMessage(pPrinter), PDFPrnGetErrorCode(pPrinter));
    iReturnValue = 1;
    goto cleanup;
}

// Open device mode dialog for the printer at hand
if (!PDFPrnEditDevMode(pPrinter, 0))
{
    _tprintf(_T("Editing Device Mode of printer %s failed. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).\n"), szPrinterName, PDFPrnGetErrorMessage(pPrinter), PDFPrnGetErrorCode(pPrinter));
    iReturnValue = 1;
    goto cleanup;
}

// Save devide mode in to a file
pDevMode = PDFPrnGetDevMode(pPrinter);

if ((pStream = _tfopen(szDevMode, _T("wb"))) == NULL)
{
    _tprintf(_T("Failed to create output device mode file %s.\n"), szDevMode);
    iReturnValue = 1;
    goto cleanup;
}

// Write bytes to output file
fwrite(pDevMode->m_pData, pDevMode->m_nLength, 1, pStream);
fclose(pStream);

C sample:

Print PDF with watermarks

Add a watermark to every other page of a PDF or TIFF document‘s print job. Design the custom watermark text and modify its position, format and appearance.

C# sample:

// Create the printer object
using (Printer printer = new Printer())
{
    string printerName = printer.DefaultPrinter;
    if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(printerName))
        throw new Exception(String.Format("No default printer available."));

    // Open input file
    if (!printer.Open(inputPath, ""))
        throw new Exception(String.Format("Input file {0} could not be opened. " + 
            "{1} (ErrorCode: 0x{2:x}).", inputPath, printer.ErrorMessage, printer.ErrorCode));

    // Open printer
    if (!printer.OpenPrinter(printerName))
        throw new Exception(String.Format("Printer {0} could not be opened. " + 
            "{1} (ErrorCode: 0x{2:x}).", printerName, printer.ErrorMessage, printer.ErrorCode));

    // Begin print job
    if (!printer.BeginDocument("Watermark print job."))
        throw new Exception(String.Format("Could not connect to the printer device. " + 
            "{0} (ErrorCode: 0x{1:x}).", printer.ErrorMessage, printer.ErrorCode));

    printer.Center = true;
    printer.PaperSize = -2;

    // Print pages of input file
    for (int pageNo = 1; pageNo <= printer.PageCount; pageNo++)
    {
        // Add watermark with its properties on every second page, starting with first page
        if (pageNo % 2 == 1)
        {
            printer.PageNo = pageNo;
            float width = printer.PageWidth;
            float height = printer.PageHeight;
            float fontSize = (float)Math.Sqrt(width * width + height * height) / 
                             watermarkText.Length;
            printer.WatermarkBold = true;
            printer.WatermarkOutline = true;
            printer.WatermarkFontName = "Courier";
            printer.WatermarkFontSize = fontSize;
            printer.WatermarkColor = 0xCCCCCC;
            printer.WatermarkXPos = width / 5;
            printer.WatermarkYPos = (height - height / 5 + fontSize / 2);
            printer.WatermarkAngle = (float)Math.Atan((double)height / width);
            printer.AddWatermarkText(watermarkText);
        }
        else
        {
            // Remove watermark 
            printer.DeleteWatermarks();
        }

        // Print page
        if (!printer.PrintPage(pageNo))
            throw new Exception(String.Format("Page {0} of {1} could not be printed successfully " +
                    "on printer {2}. {3} (ErrorCode: 0x{4:x}).", pageNo, inputPath, printerName, 
                    printer.ErrorMessage, printer.ErrorCode));
    }

    // Close input file
    printer.Close();

    // End print job
    if (!printer.EndDocument())
        throw new Exception(String.Format("The print job could not be completed or the " +
            "connection could not be closed. {0} (ErrorCode: 0x{1:x}).", 
            printer.ErrorMessage, printer.ErrorCode));
}

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Java sample:

// Create the printer
printer = new Printer();

String printerName = printer.getDefaultPrinter();
if (printerName ==null || printerName.trim().equals(""))
    throw new IOException(String.format("No default printer available."));

// Open input file
if (!printer.open(inputPath, ""))
    throw new IOException(String.format("Input file %s could not be opened. " + 
        "%s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).", inputPath, printer.getErrorMessage(), printer.getErrorCode()));

// Open printer
if (!printer.openPrinter(printerName))
    throw new IOException(String.format("Printer %s could not be opened. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).",
        printerName, printer.getErrorMessage(), printer.getErrorCode()));

// Begin print job
if (!printer.beginDocument("Watermark print job."))
    throw new IOException(String.format("Could not connect to the printer device. " + 
        "%s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).", printer.getErrorMessage(), printer.getErrorCode()));

printer.setCenter(true);
printer.setPaperSize(-2);

// Print pages of input file
for (int pageNo = 1; pageNo <= printer.getPageCount(); pageNo++)
{
    // Add watermark with its properties on every second page, starting with the first page 
    if (pageNo % 2 == 1)
    {
        printer.setPageNo(pageNo);
        float width = printer.getPageWidth();
        float height = printer.getPageHeight();
        float fontSize = (float)Math.sqrt(width * width + height * height) / watermarkText.length();
        printer.setWatermarkBold(true);
        printer.setWatermarkOutline(true);
        printer.setWatermarkFontName("Courier");
        printer.setWatermarkFontSize(fontSize);
        printer.setWatermarkColor(0xCCCCCC);
        printer.setWatermarkXPos(width / 5);
        printer.setWatermarkYPos((height - height / 5 + fontSize / 2));
        printer.setWatermarkAngle((float)Math.atan((double)height / width));
        printer.addWatermarkText(watermarkText);
    }
    else
    {
        // Remove watermark
        printer.deleteWatermarks();
    }

    // Print page
    if (!printer.printPage(pageNo))
        throw new Exception(String.format("Page %d of %s could not be printed successfully on " + 
            "printer %s. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).", pageNo, inputPath, printerName, 
            printer.getErrorMessage(), printer.getErrorCode()));
}

// Close input file
printer.close();

// End print job
if (!printer.endDocument())
    throw new IOException(String.format("The print job could not be completed or the connection " + 
        "could not be closed. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).", printer.getErrorMessage(), 
        printer.getErrorCode()));

Java sample:

C sample:

// Create the printer object
pPrinter = PDFPrnCreateObject();

szPrinterName = PDFPrnGetDefaultPrinter(pPrinter);
if (szPrinterName == NULL || (_tcscmp(szPrinterName, "") == 0))
{
    _tprintf(_T("No default printer available."));
    iReturnValue = 1;
    goto cleanup;
}

// Open input file
if (!PDFPrnOpen(pPrinter, szInputPath, _T("")))
{
    _tprintf(_T("Input file %s could not be opened. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).\n"), szInputPath, PDFPrnGetErrorMessage(pPrinter), PDFPrnGetErrorCode(pPrinter));
    iReturnValue = 1;
    goto cleanup;
}

// Open printer
if (!PDFPrnOpenPrinter(pPrinter, szPrinterName))
{
    _tprintf(_T("Printer %s could not be opened. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).\n"), szPrinterName, PDFPrnGetErrorMessage(pPrinter), PDFPrnGetErrorCode(pPrinter));
    iReturnValue = 1;
    goto cleanup;
}

// Begin print job
if (!PDFPrnBeginDocument(pPrinter, _T("Watermark print job.")))
{
    _tprintf(_T("Could not connect to the printer device. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).\n"), PDFPrnGetErrorMessage(pPrinter), PDFPrnGetErrorCode(pPrinter));
    iReturnValue = 1;
    goto cleanup;
}

PDFPrnSetCenter(pPrinter, 1);
PDFPrnSetPaperSize(pPrinter, -2);

// Print pages of input file
for (int iPage = 1; iPage <= PDFPrnGetPageCount(pPrinter); iPage++)
{
    // Add watermark with its properties on every second page, starting with first page
    if (iPage % 2 == 1)
    {
        PDFPrnSetPageNo(pPrinter, iPage);
        fWidth = PDFPrnGetPageWidth(pPrinter);
        fHeight = PDFPrnGetPageHeight(pPrinter);
        fFontSize = (float)sqrt(fWidth * fWidth + fHeight * fHeight) / _tcslen(szWatermarkText);

        PDFPrnSetWatermarkBold(pPrinter, 1);
        PDFPrnSetWatermarkOutline(pPrinter, 1);
        PDFPrnSetWatermarkFontName(pPrinter, _T("Courier"));
        PDFPrnSetWatermarkFontSize(pPrinter, fFontSize);
        PDFPrnSetWatermarkColor(pPrinter, 0xCCCCCC);
        PDFPrnSetWatermarkXPos(pPrinter, fWidth / 5);
        PDFPrnSetWatermarkYPos(pPrinter, (fHeight - fHeight / 5 + fFontSize / 2));
        PDFPrnSetWatermarkAngle(pPrinter, (float)atan((double)fHeight / fWidth));
        PDFPrnAddWatermarkText(pPrinter, szWatermarkText);
    }
    else
    {
        // Remove watermark
        PDFPrnDeleteWatermarks(pPrinter);
    }

    // Print page
    if (!PDFPrnPrintPage(pPrinter, iPage))
    {
        _tprintf(_T("Page %d of %s could not be printed successfully on printer %s. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).\n"), iPage, szInputPath, szPrinterName, PDFPrnGetErrorMessage(pPrinter), PDFPrnGetErrorCode(pPrinter));
        iReturnValue = 1;
        goto cleanup;
    }
}

// Close input file
PDFPrnClose(pPrinter);

// End print job
if (!PDFPrnEndDocument(pPrinter))
{
    _tprintf(_T("The print job could not be completed or the connection could not be closed. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).\n"), PDFPrnGetErrorMessage(pPrinter), PDFPrnGetErrorCode(pPrinter));
    iReturnValue = 1;
    goto cleanup;
}

C sample: