Send to a Printer

The featured code example demonstrates IronPDF's document printing capability.

With the print method, developers can make their applications print working PDF documents as part of its processing workflow. Invoking the print method as demonstrated below will open the operating system's print dialog window, enabling the user to specify printing settings (printer, paper size, number of copies, etc.).

To print a PDF document immediately using the default printing settings, choose the printWithoutDialog method instead of the print method.

// Import necessary namespace
using IronPdf;

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        // Load an existing PDF document
        var pdfDocument = PdfDocument.FromFile("example.pdf");

        // Print the PDF with a print dialog
        // This will open the operating system's print dialog window
        pdfDocument.Print();

        // Alternatively, to print the PDF immediately with default settings
        // Uncomment the following line to use this method
        // pdfDocument.PrintWithoutDialog();
    }
}

// Import necessary namespace
using IronPdf;

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        // Load an existing PDF document
        var pdfDocument = PdfDocument.FromFile("example.pdf");

        // Print the PDF with a print dialog
        // This will open the operating system's print dialog window
        pdfDocument.Print();

        // Alternatively, to print the PDF immediately with default settings
        // Uncomment the following line to use this method
        // pdfDocument.PrintWithoutDialog();
    }
}

' Import necessary namespace
Imports IronPdf

Friend Class Program
	Shared Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)
		' Load an existing PDF document
		Dim pdfDocument = PdfDocument.FromFile("example.pdf")

		' Print the PDF with a print dialog
		' This will open the operating system's print dialog window
		pdfDocument.Print()

		' Alternatively, to print the PDF immediately with default settings
		' Uncomment the following line to use this method
		' pdfDocument.PrintWithoutDialog();
	End Sub
End Class

Explanation:

• The code begins by importing the necessary IronPdf namespace, allowing access to the PDF handling features provided by the IronPDF library.
• Program class has a Main method, which serves as the entry point of the application.
• Inside the Main method, an existing PDF file named example.pdf is loaded into a PdfDocument object using PdfDocument.FromFile().
• pdfDocument.Print(); calls the Print method, which opens the print dialog allowing users to make choices about how and where the document is printed.
• The alternative PrintWithoutDialog method is commented out, providing developers an option to immediately send the document to the printer without any user interaction, using default settings.

Ensure you have IronPDF library installed and properly referenced in your project to run this code successfully.