Printing in WPF

WPF > Printing

Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) have a rich set of printing and print system management APIs. 
The core of this new functionality is the new XML Paper Specification (XPS) file format and the XPS print path.

Example: Printing a Visual

XAML:

<Window x:Class="Printing.MainWindow"

        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"

        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"

        Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="525">

    <Grid x:Name="Grid">

        <Rectangle Fill="#FFF4F4F5" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="100" Margin="91,63,0,0" Stroke="Black" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="100"/>

        <Button Content="Button" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="75,197,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="75" Click="Button_Click"/>

     </Grid>

</Window>

Code:

PrintDialog printDialog = new PrintDialog();
if (printDialog.ShowDialog() == true)

{

    printDialog.PrintVisual(Grid, "My First Print Example");
}

PrintVisual Method WPF

WPF > Printing > PrintVisual

PrintVisual method prints a visual  object to the PrintQueue.

Parameters

• visual: object to be print
• description: description of the job that is to be printed

Examples:

• Print DataGrid

Print DataGrid WPF

WPF > Printing > DataGrid

Print DataGrid WPF Example

PrintDialog printDlg = new PrintDialog();
printDlg.PrintVisual(dgProducts, "Grid Printing.");