Looking for the ability to specify duplex and the number of copies when silently printing files

[David Brooks]

I am converting a web service to leverage Syncfusion to silently print PDF files. The existing functionality supports: duplex, scaling, and number of copies. 

I am able to set the PrinterSetting.PageSize to accommodate scaling.

For copies I am simply looping thru and printing one at a time.

            pdfViewerControl.Load(inFileName)

            While count < inCopies

                pdfViewerControl.Print(inPrinter)

                count += 1

            End While

I have not found any options to define whether the document is printed Simplex, DuplexFlipLognEdge, or DuplexPrintShortEdge.

Has anyone else run into this?

[David Brooks]

After posting I found another class PdfDocumentView. It appears to have the same limitations but are there pros and cons on using either class to silently print?

[Divya Dhayalan]

Hi David, 

 

Thank you for contacting Syncfusion support. 

 

We do not have support to set Simplex, DuplexFlipLognEdge, or DuplexPrintShortEdge with PdfViewer PrinterSettings. 

 

The PdfDocumentView have less UI component compared to PdfViewerControl. There is no difference between printing with PdfViewerControl and PdfDocumentView.  

 

Regards, 

Divya

[Pon Geetha A J]

To: Syncfusion Support <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: [EXT] Syncfusion support community forum 165345, Looking for the ability to specify duplex and the number of copies when silently printing files , has been updated. 

 

Do you have any other suggestions on how we could use Syncfusion to silently print a PDF with these parameters: file name, printer name, plex mode, copies, and scale mode? 

 

David Brooks 

[Divya Dhayalan]

Hi David, 

 

We are currently checking on the possibilities to achieve your requirement we will update further details on 17^th May 2021. 

 

Regards, 

Divya 

[Divya Dhayalan]

Hi David,  

 

Thank you for your patience. 

 

We have analyzed your requirement and created a Windows Forms application which hosts a WPF PdfViewerControl (Since we do not have support to specify Duplex mode and copies in WinForms PdfViewer ). With WPF PdfViewerControl we can achieve your requirement “To silently print a PDF with these parameters file name, printer name, plex mode, copies, and scale mode” by using PrinterSettings Property and Print(printer name) method.  

 

Please find the KB link to host PDF viewer WPF in windows forms application from below,  

https://www.syncfusion.com/kb/8972/how-to-host-pdfviewer-wpf-in-windows-forms-application   

 

Please find the below UG link to know more about printing pages in WPF PdfViewerControl. 

https://help.syncfusion.com/wpf/pdf-viewer/printing-pdf-files  

 

Please download the sample which we have created for your reference from the below link, 

https://www.syncfusion.com/downloads/support/forum/165345/ze/SampleWF54417042  

 

In this sample, the file name, duplex mode, scale mode and copies properties are set to the printer using the PrinterSettings (DocumentName, Duplex, PageSize, Copies) Properties. And, the printer’s name ("Microsoft print to PDF") is passed to the PdfViewerControl Print method to specify the printer.  

 

Please find the below code snippet for the same. 

 

private void SilentPrint_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) 

        { 

            //To set File name 

            pdfViewer.pdfViewerControl.PrinterSettings.DocumentName = "PdfViewer_Http_Succinctly"; 

             

            // To set Duplex mode as "Simplex" 

            pdfViewer.pdfViewerControl.PrinterSettings.Duplex = System.Drawing.Printing.Duplex.Simplex; 

            // To mention number of copies 

            pdfViewer.pdfViewerControl.PrinterSettings.Copies = 2; 

            //To mention the scale mode 

            pdfViewer.pdfViewerControl.PrinterSettings.PageSize = Syncfusion.Windows.PdfViewer.PdfViewerPrintSize.Fit; 

 

            //Passing the Printer Name as a parameter 

            pdfViewer.pdfViewerControl.Print("Microsoft print to PDF"); 

        } 

 

Note: the duplex mode Enum ‘Horizontal’ represents the ‘DuplexPrintShortEdge’ and the duplex mode Enum ‘Vertical’ represents the ‘DuplexFlipLognEdge’ mode. Please find the following link for the Enum value specification: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.drawing.printing.duplex?view=net-5.0  

 

Please let us know if the above details are useful to achieve your requirement. 

 

Regards, 

Divya 

[Pon Geetha A J]

To: Syncfusion Support <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: [EXT] Syncfusion support community forum 165345, Looking for the ability to specify duplex and the number of copies when silently printing files , has been updated. 

I finally got some time to look at this again and I at least got the web service to build. The web service is using the WPF PdfViewerControl. I had to start a single thread but when I try to load the file it doesn’t find the file, or at least the DocumentInfo.FileName is empty. The PdfViewControl is not hosted by a Windows Form application. 

 

Do we have to create a Windows form just to make this work?  

 

Is there some initialization I can do to get the file to load?  

 

Instead of emailing back and forth do you think a Teams/Zoom meeting would help? 

 

Here are some snippets from the code I have now 

 

References 

 

 

Imports Syncfusion.Pdf 

Imports Syncfusion.Windows.PdfViewer 

 

 

    Public Sub SingleThreadSynfusionPrintPDF(ByVal inFileName As String, 

                            ByVal inPrinter As String, 

                            ByVal inMode As PlexMode, 

                            ByVal inCopies As Int16, 

                            ByVal inScaleMode As ScaleMode) 

        Dim Thread = New Thread(New ThreadStart(Sub() SynfusionPrintPDF(inFileName, inPrinter, inMode, inCopies, inScaleMode))) 

        Thread.SetApartmentState(ApartmentState.STA) 

        Thread.Start() 

    End Sub 

    Private Sub SynfusionPrintPDF(ByVal inFileName As String, 

                            ByVal inPrinter As String, 

                            ByVal inMode As PlexMode, 

                            ByVal inCopies As Int16, 

                            ByVal inScaleMode As ScaleMode) 

 

        Dim pdfViewerControl As PdfViewerControl = New PdfViewerControl() 

 

        Try 

            pdfViewerControl.Load(inFileName) 

            If pdfViewerControl.DocumentInfo.FileName = "" Then 

                Throw New System.Exception("File not found: " & inFileName) 

            End If 

            Select Case inMode 

                Case PlexMode.Duplex 

                    pdfViewerControl.PrinterSettings.Duplex = DuplexMode.DuplexFlipLongEdge 

               Case PlexMode.DuplexHorizontal 

                    pdfViewerControl.PrinterSettings.Duplex = DuplexMode.DuplexFlipShortEdge 

                Case Else 

                    pdfViewerControl.PrinterSettings.Duplex = DuplexMode.Simplex 

            End Select 

            Select Case inScaleMode 

                Case ScaleMode.FitToPrintableArea 

                    pdfViewerControl.PrinterSettings.PageSize = PdfViewerPrintSize.Fit 

                Case ScaleMode.ShrinkToPrintableArea 

                    pdfViewerControl.PrinterSettings.PageSize = PdfViewerPrintSize.Fit 

                Case ScaleMode.Both 

                    pdfViewerControl.PrinterSettings.PageSize = PdfViewerPrintSize.Fit 

                Case ScaleMode.None 

                    'Do nothing  

            End Select 

            pdfViewerControl.PrinterSettings.ShowPrintStatusDialog = False 

            pdfViewerControl.PrinterSettings.Copies = inCopies 

            pdfViewerControl.Print(inPrinter) 

        Catch ex As System.Exception 

        Finally 

            pdfViewerControl = Nothing 

        End Try 

 

    End Sub 

 

 

 

David Brooks 

[Divya Dhayalan]

Hi David, 

 

A support incident to track the status of this query has been created under your account for a better follow up on the reported issue. Please log on to our support website to check for further updates.      

  

https://www.syncfusion.com/account/login?ReturnUrl=%2fsupport%2fdirecttrac%2fincidents 

 

Kindly let us know if you need further assistance.  

       

Regards, 

Divya