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title: "Printing a Document"
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This article describes how to print a word processing document using Aspose.Words API. It also demonstrates the methods of printing a document with Settings, Print Preview, and Print progress dialogs.

## Printing a Document with Settings and Print Preview Dialogs

When working with documents, it is often required to print them to a selected printer. It is helpful to utilize a print preview dialog to visually inspect how the printed document will appear and choose relevant print options.

The Aspose.Words has no built-in dialogs or forms but implements the [AsposeWordsPrintDocument](https://reference.aspose.com/words/java/com.aspose.words/asposewordsprintdocument/) class overrides both java.awt.print.Printable and java.awt.print.Pageable.

The following example shows how to use these classes to print a document from Aspose.Words via the Print preview and Settings dialogs:

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{{% alert color="primary" %}} You can download an example of using the **PrintPreviewDialog** class from [Aspose.Words GitHub](https://github.com/aspose-words/Aspose.Words-for-Java/blob/master/Examples/DocsExamples/Java/src/main/java/DocsExamples/Rendering_and_printing/PrintDocuments.java). {{% /alert %}}

## Printing Multiple Pages on One Sheet

Aspose.Words implements the **MultipagePrintDocument** class, to fine-tune the printing operation to implement your custom logic by defining the way the document will appear on the printed page. The **MultipagePrintDocument** class provides the ability to print several pages on one sheet of paper.

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You can download an example of using the **MultipagePrintDocument** class from [Aspose.Words GitHub](https://github.com/aspose-words/Aspose.Words-for-Java/blob/c693ec7a8957051c206edc69612094a4169f6def/Examples/DocsExamples/Java/src/main/java/DocsExamples/Rendering_and_printing/PrintDocuments.java#L46). 

The result of this code example is shown below:

![print_several_pages_on_one_sheet_aspose_words_java](print-several-pages-on-one-sheet.png)/