WinRT Metro App Direct Printing (Without Printing Dialog)

Question

I require a way to print direct invoices to the printer without opening a print dialog to choose the printer.

Its basically for a restaurant sales application and I dont want the user to first preview the slip etc and then choose a printer ect.

I dont mind having to use a printing button on the UI of somesort, but the dialog is breaking my user experience.

I've also looked at Windows 8 Developer Preview Metro style app samples but only normal printing is explained and shown there.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

In the current release of WinRT there is no way to skip the printer selection screen, though the printer configuration screen can be sufficiently extended to include application-specific settings. The Print Sample illustrates how to make these customizations.

If the ability to skip printer selection is critical to your application, you will need to consider a classic desktop application in this release.

Answer 2

As a heads-up, the Chrome WinRT app is able to print without triggering the WinRT print dialog. Sadly, I'm not yet sure how it does that.