I am trying to print from a web browser control in a winform application.The matter is it sets letter as default paper size but I need A4. Also it automatically sets some margins wrong, I can set them to correct settings manually but I want to do it programmatically.
How is it possible?
Here is my code to print.
private void metroButton1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
loadprintData();
// Create a WebBrowser instance.
WebBrowser webBrowserForPrinting = new WebBrowser();
// Add an event handler that prints the document after it loads.
wa.DocumentCompleted +=
new WebBrowserDocumentCompletedEventHandler(ShowPrintDocument);
wa.ShowPrintPreviewDialog();
reloadpage();
}
private void ShowPrintDocument(object sender,WebBrowserDocumentCompletedEventArgs e)
{
// Print the document now that it is fully loaded.
((WebBrowser)sender).ShowPrintPreviewDialog();
// Dispose the WebBrowser now that the task is complete.
// ((WebBrowser)sender).Dispose();
reloadpage();
}
private void PrintDocument(object sender, WebBrowserDocumentCompletedEventArgs e)
{
// Print the document now that it is fully loaded.
((WebBrowser)sender).Print();
// Dispose the WebBrowser now that the task is complete.
// ((WebBrowser)sender).Dispose();
}
Step 1: Click the three dots on the upper right corner of your Google Chrome browser to expand the More Options list. Step 2: Select Print. Step 3: Click on More Settings. Step 4: Select the correct paper size from the dropdown.
To change the printer settings in Chrome, you first open a browser and locate the page you want to print. After locating a page to print, click the three vertical dots in the top right corner of Chrome to generate a drop-down menu with options and settings controls. Click "Print" to open the printer settings.
To change the Margin size you have to edit the (HKCU) registry before printing:
string pageSetupKey = "Software\\Microsoft\\Internet Explorer\\PageSetup";
bool isWritable = true;
RegistryKey rKey = Registry.CurrentUser.OpenSubKey(pageSetupKey, isWritable);
if (stringToPrint.Contains("something"))
{
rKey.SetValue("margin_bottom", 0.10);
rKey.SetValue("margin_top", 0.25);
}
else
{
//Reset old value
rKey.SetValue("margin_bottom", 0.75);
rKey.SetValue("margin_top", 0.75);
}
Dont forget to set it back to the default.
Ref Microsoft KB Article
To change the Paper size you have to edit the (HKCU) registry in another place before printing:
string pageSetupKey2 = "Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Internet Settings";
isWritable = true;
rKey = Registry.CurrentUser.OpenSubKey(pageSetupKey2, isWritable);
// Use 1 for Portrait and 2 for Landccape
rKey.SetValue("PageOrientation", 2, RegistryValueKind.DWord);
// Specifies paper size. Valid settings are 1=letter, 5=Legal, 9=A4, 13=B5.Default setting is 1.
rKey.SetValue("PaperSize", 9, RegistryValueKind.DWord);
// Specifies print quality
rKey.SetValue("PrintQuality ", 1, RegistryValueKind.DWord);
Ref MSDN
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