Way to default the name of the generated XPS file?

Question

If a user prints a report, and they happen to be using the Microsoft XPS printer, i would like the default the filename to something meaningful.

i would have thought that the XPS printer would take the name of the print job, and use that as the default filename - but it doesn't.

Is there some other, programatic, way to default the name of the generated XPS file when i print to that printer? i was thinking there might be something like:

• a registry key
• global shared memory
• API call like SetDefaultXPSFilename()
• extended attributes about a print job

Example

Automate Excel to create a spreadsheet:

Excel xl = new ExcelApplication();
Workbook wb = xl.Workbooks.Add();
GenerateReport(wb);
wb.PrintOut();

Now if the user's default printer is the Microsoft XPS Document Writer, then the user will get:

i would like a way for that File name to be defaulted to something useful, such as:

20110729 - Chip Bank Settlement Sheet.xps

The user will accept the default filename, and files will organized automatically, rather than the user typing:

asdfadf.xps

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References

• eggheadcafe: XPS Default File Name
• MSDN: XPS Name when Sent to Printer

Bump: 20110729 (12 months later)