Printing PDF to an XPS Printer

The following code snippet also work with Aspose.PDF.Drawing library.

Print PDF to XPS printer in C#

You can print a PDF file to an XPS printer, or some other soft printer for that matter, using the PdfViewer class. In order to do that, create an object of the PdfViewer class and open the PDF file using the BindPdf method. You can set different print settings using the PrinterSettings and PageSettings classes. You also need to set the PrinterName property to the XPS or other soft printer you have installed.

Finally, use PrintDocumentWithSettings method to print the PDF to XPS or other soft printer. The following code snippet shows you how to print the PDF file to an XPS printer.

.NET Core 3.1

// For complete examples and data files, visit https://github.com/aspose-pdf/Aspose.PDF-for-.NET

private static void PrintToXpsPrinter()
{
    // The path to the documents directory
    string dataDir = RunExamples.GetDataDir_AsposePdfFacades_Printing();

    // Create PdfViewer object
    using (var viewer = new Aspose.Pdf.Facades.PdfViewer())
    {
        // Open input PDF file
        viewer.BindPdf(dataDir + "PrintDocument.pdf");

        // Set attributes for printing
        viewer.AutoResize = true;         // Print the file with adjusted size
        viewer.AutoRotate = true;         // Print the file with adjusted rotation
        viewer.PrintPageDialog = false;   // Do not produce the page number dialog when printing

        // Create objects for printer and page settings and PrintDocument
        var ps = new Aspose.Pdf.Printing.PrinterSettings();
        var pgs = new Aspose.Pdf.Printing.PageSettings();

        // Set XPS/PDF printer name
        ps.PrinterName = "Microsoft XPS Document Writer";
        // Or set the PDF printer
        // ps.PrinterName = "Adobe PDF";

        // Set PageSize (if required)
        pgs.PaperSize = Aspose.Pdf.Printing.PaperSizes.A4;

        // Set PageMargins (if required)
        pgs.Margins = new Aspose.Pdf.Devices.Margins(0, 0, 0, 0);

        // Print document using printer and page settings
        viewer.PrintDocumentWithSettings(pgs, ps);
    }
}

.NET 8

// For complete examples and data files, visit https://github.com/aspose-pdf/Aspose.PDF-for-.NET

private static void PrintToXpsPrinter()
{
    // The path to the documents directory
    string dataDir = RunExamples.GetDataDir_AsposePdfFacades_Printing();

    // Create PdfViewer object
    using var viewer = new Aspose.Pdf.Facades.PdfViewer();

    // Open input PDF file
    viewer.BindPdf(dataDir + "PrintDocument.pdf");

    // Set attributes for printing
    viewer.AutoResize = true;         // Print the file with adjusted size
    viewer.AutoRotate = true;         // Print the file with adjusted rotation
    viewer.PrintPageDialog = false;   // Do not produce the page number dialog when printing

    // Create objects for printer and page settings and PrintDocument
    var ps = new Aspose.Pdf.Printing.PrinterSettings();
    var pgs = new Aspose.Pdf.Printing.PageSettings();

    // Set XPS/PDF printer name
    ps.PrinterName = "Microsoft XPS Document Writer";
    // Or set the PDF printer
    // ps.PrinterName = "Adobe PDF";

    // Set PageSize (if required)
    pgs.PaperSize = Aspose.Pdf.Printing.PaperSizes.A4;

    // Set PageMargins (if required)
    pgs.Margins = new Aspose.Pdf.Devices.Margins(0, 0, 0, 0);

    // Print document using printer and page settings
    viewer.PrintDocumentWithSettings(pgs, ps);
}

Choosing paper source by PDF page size

Since the 24.4 release, choosing paper source by PDF page size in the print dialog is possible. The next code snippet enables picking a printer tray based on the PDF’s page size.

This preference can be switched on and off using the PdfContentEditor facade.

.NET Core 3.1

// For complete examples and data files, visit https://github.com/aspose-pdf/Aspose.PDF-for-.NET

private static void PickTrayByPdfSizeFacade()
{
    // The path to the documents directory
    string dataDir = RunExamples.GetDataDir_AsposePdfFacades_Printing();

    // Create the PdfContentEditor facade
    using (var contentEditor = new Aspose.Pdf.Facades.PdfContentEditor())
    {
        // Open a document
        contentEditor.BindPdf(dataDir + "PrintDocument.pdf");

        // Set the flag to choose a paper tray using the PDF page size
        contentEditor.ChangeViewerPreference(ViewerPreference.PickTrayByPDFSize);

        // Save the changed document
        contentEditor.Save(dataDir + "PickTrayByPdfSizeFacade_out.pdf");
    }
}

.NET 8

// For complete examples and data files, visit https://github.com/aspose-pdf/Aspose.PDF-for-.NET

private static void PickTrayByPdfSizeFacade()
{
    // The path to the documents directory
    string dataDir = RunExamples.GetDataDir_AsposePdfFacades_Printing();

    // Create the PdfContentEditor facade
    using var contentEditor = new Aspose.Pdf.Facades.PdfContentEditor();

    // Open a document
    contentEditor.BindPdf(dataDir + "PrintDocument.pdf");

    // Set the flag to choose a paper tray using the PDF page size
    contentEditor.ChangeViewerPreference(ViewerPreference.PickTrayByPDFSize);

    // Save the changed document
    contentEditor.Save(dataDir + "PickTrayByPdfSizeFacade_out.pdf");
}