How to skip the dialog of printing in printDocument.print() and print page directly?

c# .net winapp
hamze picture hamze · May 13, 2012 · Viewed 19.4k times · Source

When I use MyPrintDocument.print() in a Windows application written in C#, a dialog is shown for the Windows processing print routine with a cancel button. I don't want this dialog shown, is it possible?

If not, which way should I use? My program uses a thermal printer.

Answer

Mark Hall picture Mark Hall · May 13, 2012

Which PrintController are you using.

The .NET Framework includes three print controllers that are derived from PrintController that help accomplish common tasks. The StandardPrintController prints a document to a printer. The PreviewPrintController generates a preview of what the document will look like when printed and is used by the PrintPreviewControl and PrintPreviewDialog classes. The PrintControllerWithStatusDialog provides a printing status dialog during the printing process.

It sounds like you are using the PrintControllerWithStatusDialog PrintController.

Caveat: I am not in a position to verify that the basic PrintController doesn't act the same way.

According to this MSDN Forum Posting the PrintControllerWithStatusDialog is the default:

He suggests something like this:

MyPrintDocument.PrintController = new System.Drawing.Printing.StandardPrintController();

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