Hardcore HardcopyHardcore Hardcopy

A .NET developers guide to A .NET developers guide to getting it down on papergetting it down on paper

Duncan Jones – Merrion Computing Ltd

The print system The print system

The print system (spoolsrv)

Driver Driver Driver

PrintDocumentPrintDocument class class

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BeginPrint PrintPage PrintPage EndPrint

Printing in Printing in .NET.NET

Uses the same graphics Uses the same graphics commands as drawingcommands as drawing

‘‘Z-Order’ is defined by command Z-Order’ is defined by command orderorder

Measurement is in tenths a Measurement is in tenths a millimetremillimetre

Devices may have a non-printable Devices may have a non-printable areaarea

Customising Customising PrintDocumentPrintDocument

Text styles

Page Templates

Data Flows

The printer system The printer system viewview

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Spool file

Spool filesSpool files

XPS – The future of XPS – The future of printingprinting

Presentation.xps

Wrapping upWrapping up

WordPublisher

.NET

XPS

EmailPrint