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C# PDF Print Settings See All Code Examples

// PM> Install-Package IronPdf

using IronPdf;

IronPdf.ChromePdfRenderer Renderer = new IronPdf.ChromePdfRenderer();

Renderer.RenderingOptions.SetCustomPaperSizeInInches(12.5, 20);
Renderer.RenderingOptions.PrintHtmlBackgrounds = true;
Renderer.RenderingOptions.PaperOrientation = IronPdf.Rendering.PdfPaperOrientation.Landscape;
Renderer.RenderingOptions.Title = "My PDF Document Name";
Renderer.RenderingOptions.EnableJavaScript = true;
Renderer.RenderingOptions.RenderDelay = 50; //ms
Renderer.RenderingOptions.CssMediaType = IronPdf.Rendering.PdfCssMediaType.Screen;
Renderer.RenderingOptions.FitToPaper = false;
Renderer.RenderingOptions.Zoom = 100;
Renderer.RenderingOptions.CreatePdfFormsFromHtml = true;

Renderer.RenderingOptions.MarginTop = 40;  //millimeters
Renderer.RenderingOptions.MarginLeft = 20;  //millimeters
Renderer.RenderingOptions.MarginRight = 20;  //millimeters
Renderer.RenderingOptions.MarginBottom = 40;  //millimeters

Renderer.RenderingOptions.FirstPageNumber = 1; //use 2 if a coverpage  will be appended

Renderer.RenderHTMLFileAsPdf("my-content.html").SaveAs("my-content.pdf");

' PM> Install-Package IronPdf

Imports IronPdf

Private Renderer As New IronPdf.ChromePdfRenderer()

Renderer.RenderingOptions.SetCustomPaperSizeInInches(12.5, 20)
Renderer.RenderingOptions.PrintHtmlBackgrounds = True
Renderer.RenderingOptions.PaperOrientation = IronPdf.Rendering.PdfPaperOrientation.Landscape
Renderer.RenderingOptions.Title = "My PDF Document Name"
Renderer.RenderingOptions.EnableJavaScript = True
Renderer.RenderingOptions.RenderDelay = 50 'ms
Renderer.RenderingOptions.CssMediaType = IronPdf.Rendering.PdfCssMediaType.Screen
Renderer.RenderingOptions.FitToPaper = False
Renderer.RenderingOptions.Zoom = 100
Renderer.RenderingOptions.CreatePdfFormsFromHtml = True

Renderer.RenderingOptions.MarginTop = 40 'millimeters
Renderer.RenderingOptions.MarginLeft = 20 'millimeters
Renderer.RenderingOptions.MarginRight = 20 'millimeters
Renderer.RenderingOptions.MarginBottom = 40 'millimeters

Renderer.RenderingOptions.FirstPageNumber = 1 'use 2 if a coverpage  will be appended

Renderer.RenderHTMLFileAsPdf("my-content.html").SaveAs("my-content.pdf")

Paper Printing PDFs See All Code Examples

// PM> Install-Package IronPdf
using IronPdf;

// Create a new PDF and print it
IronPdf.ChromePdfRenderer Renderer = new IronPdf.ChromePdfRenderer();
PdfDocument Pdf = Renderer.RenderUrlAsPdf("https://www.nuget.org/packages/IronPdf");

// Send the PDF to the default printer to print
// 300 DPI, no user dialog this time ... many overloads to this method
Pdf.Print(300, false); 



//For advanced printing we can also use PdfDocument.GetPrintDocument
//Remember to add an assembly reference to System.Drawing.dll or System.Drawing.Common via Nuget.

System.Drawing.Printing.PrintDocument PrintDocYouCanWorkWith = Pdf.GetPrintDocument();

' PM> Install-Package IronPdf
Imports IronPdf

' Create a new PDF and print it
Private Renderer As New IronPdf.ChromePdfRenderer()
Private Pdf As PdfDocument = Renderer.RenderUrlAsPdf("https://www.nuget.org/packages/IronPdf")

' Send the PDF to the default printer to print
' 300 DPI, no user dialog this time ... many overloads to this method
Pdf.Print(300, False)



'For advanced printing we can also use PdfDocument.GetPrintDocument
'Remember to add an assembly reference to System.Drawing.dll or System.Drawing.Common via Nuget.

Dim PrintDocYouCanWorkWith As System.Drawing.Printing.PrintDocument = Pdf.GetPrintDocument()

Headers & Footers See All Code Examples

// PM> Install-Package IronPdf

using IronPdf;


IronPdf.ChromePdfRenderer Renderer = new IronPdf.ChromePdfRenderer();

// Add a header to every page easily
Renderer.RenderingOptions.FirstPageNumber = 1; // use 2 if a coverpage  will be appended
Renderer.RenderingOptions.TextHeader.DrawDividerLine = true;
Renderer.RenderingOptions.TextHeader.CenterText = "{url}";
Renderer.RenderingOptions.TextHeader.FontFamily = "Helvetica,Arial";
Renderer.RenderingOptions.TextHeader.FontSize = 12;

// Add a footer too
Renderer.RenderingOptions.TextFooter.DrawDividerLine = true;
Renderer.RenderingOptions.TextFooter.FontFamily = "Arial";
Renderer.RenderingOptions.TextFooter.FontSize = 10;
Renderer.RenderingOptions.TextFooter.LeftText = "{date} {time}";
Renderer.RenderingOptions.TextFooter.RightText = "{page} of {total-pages}";

// Mergable fields are:
// {page} {total-pages} {url} {date} {time} {html-title} & {pdf-title}

' PM> Install-Package IronPdf

Imports IronPdf


Private Renderer As New IronPdf.ChromePdfRenderer()

' Add a header to every page easily
Renderer.RenderingOptions.FirstPageNumber = 1 ' use 2 if a coverpage  will be appended
Renderer.RenderingOptions.TextHeader.DrawDividerLine = True
Renderer.RenderingOptions.TextHeader.CenterText = "{url}"
Renderer.RenderingOptions.TextHeader.FontFamily = "Helvetica,Arial"
Renderer.RenderingOptions.TextHeader.FontSize = 12

' Add a footer too
Renderer.RenderingOptions.TextFooter.DrawDividerLine = True
Renderer.RenderingOptions.TextFooter.FontFamily = "Arial"
Renderer.RenderingOptions.TextFooter.FontSize = 10
Renderer.RenderingOptions.TextFooter.LeftText = "{date} {time}"
Renderer.RenderingOptions.TextFooter.RightText = "{page} of {total-pages}"

' Mergable fields are:
' {page} {total-pages} {url} {date} {time} {html-title} & {pdf-title}

PDF Forms See All Code Examples

           
// PM> Install-Package IronPdf
using IronPdf;

// Step 1.  Creating a PDF with editable forms from HTML using form and input tags

var FormHtml = @"
<html>
    <body>
        <h2>Editable PDF  Form</h2>
        <form>
          First name:<br> <input type='text' name='firstname' value=''   > <br>
          Last name:<br> <input type='text' name='lastname'  value='' >
        </form>
    </body>
</html>";

IronPdf.ChromePdfRenderer Renderer = new IronPdf.ChromePdfRenderer();
Renderer.RenderingOptions.CreatePdfFormsFromHtml = true;
Renderer.RenderHtmlAsPdf(FormHtml).SaveAs("BasicForm.pdf");

// Step 2. Reading and Writing PDF form values.
var FormDocument = PdfDocument.FromFile("BasicForm.pdf");

//Set and Read the value of the "firstname" field
var FirstNameField =  FormDocument.Form.GetFieldByName("firstname");
FirstNameField.Value = "Minnie";
Console.WriteLine("FirstNameField value: {0}", FirstNameField.Value);

//Set and Read the value of the "lastname" field
IronPdf.Forms.FormField LastNameField = FormDocument.Form.GetFieldByName("lastname");
LastNameField.Value = "Mouse";
Console.WriteLine("LastNameField value: {0}", LastNameField.Value);

FormDocument.SaveAs("FilledForm.pdf");

' PM> Install-Package IronPdf
Imports IronPdf

' Step 1.  Creating a PDF with editable forms from HTML using form and input tags

Private FormHtml = "
<html>
    <body>
        <h2>Editable PDF  Form</h2>
        <form>
          First name:<br> <input type='text' name='firstname' value=''   > <br>
          Last name:<br> <input type='text' name='lastname'  value='' >
        </form>
    </body>
</html>"

Private Renderer As New IronPdf.ChromePdfRenderer()
Renderer.RenderingOptions.CreatePdfFormsFromHtml = True
Renderer.RenderHtmlAsPdf(FormHtml).SaveAs("BasicForm.pdf")

' Step 2. Reading and Writing PDF form values.
Dim FormDocument = PdfDocument.FromFile("BasicForm.pdf")

'Set and Read the value of the "firstname" field
Dim FirstNameField = FormDocument.Form.GetFieldByName("firstname")
FirstNameField.Value = "Minnie"
Console.WriteLine("FirstNameField value: {0}", FirstNameField.Value)

'Set and Read the value of the "lastname" field
Dim LastNameField As IronPdf.Forms.FormField = FormDocument.Form.GetFieldByName("lastname")
LastNameField.Value = "Mouse"
Console.WriteLine("LastNameField value: {0}", LastNameField.Value)

FormDocument.SaveAs("FilledForm.pdf")

HTML File to PDF Run See All Code Examples

 // PM> Install-Package IronPdf
using IronPdf;

// Create a PDF from an existing HTML using C#
var Renderer = new IronPdf.ChromePdfRenderer();
var PDF = Renderer.RenderHTMLFileAsPdf("Invoice.html");

// HTML assets such as images, css and JS will be automatically loaded. 

PDF.SaveAs("Invoice.pdf"); // oruse PDF.Stream

' PM> Install-Package IronPdf
Imports IronPdf

' Create a PDF from an existing HTML using C#
Private Renderer = New IronPdf.ChromePdfRenderer()
Private PDF = Renderer.RenderHTMLFileAsPdf("Invoice.html")

' HTML assets such as images, css and JS will be automatically loaded. 

PDF.SaveAs("Invoice.pdf") ' oruse PDF.Stream

URL to PDF Run See All Code Examples

// PM> Install-Package IronPdf

using IronPdf;


IronPdf.ChromePdfRenderer Renderer = new IronPdf.ChromePdfRenderer();
var Pdf = Renderer.RenderUrlAsPdf("https://ironpdf.com/");

Pdf.SaveAs("url.pdf");  
// see also Pdf.Stream

' PM> Install-Package IronPdf

Imports IronPdf


Private Renderer As New IronPdf.ChromePdfRenderer()
Private Pdf = Renderer.RenderUrlAsPdf("https://ironpdf.com/")

Pdf.SaveAs("url.pdf")
' see also Pdf.Stream

HTML to PDF Run See All Code Examples

// PM> Install-Package IronPdf

using IronPdf;

var Renderer = new IronPdf.ChromePdfRenderer();
Renderer.RenderHtmlAsPdf("<h1>Html with CSS and Images</h1>").SaveAs("pixel-perfect.pdf");

 
/****** Advanced ******/

// Load external html assets: images, css and javascript.
// An optional BasePath 'C:\site\assets\' is set as the file location to load assets from 
var PDF = Renderer.RenderHtmlAsPdf("<img src='icons/iron.png'>", @"C:\site\assets\");
PDF.SaveAs("html-with-assets.pdf");

' PM> Install-Package IronPdf

Imports IronPdf

Private Renderer = New IronPdf.ChromePdfRenderer()
Renderer.RenderHtmlAsPdf("<h1>Html with CSS and Images</h1>").SaveAs("pixel-perfect.pdf")


'''**** Advanced *****

' Load external html assets: images, css and javascript.
' An optional BasePath 'C:\site\assets\' is set as the file location to load assets from 
Dim PDF = Renderer.RenderHtmlAsPdf("<img src='icons/iron.png'>", "C:\site\assets\")
PDF.SaveAs("html-with-assets.pdf")

ASPX to PDF See All Code Examples

private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{

IronPdf.AspxToPdf.RenderThisPageAsPdf();
//Changes the ASPX output into a pdf instead of HTML

}

Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)

IronPdf.AspxToPdf.RenderThisPageAsPdf()
'Changes the ASPX output into a pdf instead of HTML

End Sub

Images To PDF See All Code Examples

// PM> Install-Package IronPdf
using IronPdf;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;

// One or more images as IEnumerable.  This example selects all JPEG images in a specific folder.
var ImageFiles = System.IO.Directory.EnumerateFiles(@"C:\project\assets").Where(f => f.EndsWith(".jpg") || f.EndsWith(".jpeg"));

// Convert the images to a PDF and save it.
ImageToPdfConverter.ImageToPdf(ImageFiles).SaveAs(@"C:\project\composite.pdf");

//Also see PdfDocument.RasterizeToImageFiles() method to flatten a PDF to images or thumbnails

' PM> Install-Package IronPdf
Imports IronPdf
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Linq

' One or more images as IEnumerable.  This example selects all JPEG images in a specific folder.
Private ImageFiles = System.IO.Directory.EnumerateFiles("C:\project\assets").Where(Function(f) f.EndsWith(".jpg") OrElse f.EndsWith(".jpeg"))

' Convert the images to a PDF and save it.
ImageToPdfConverter.ImageToPdf(ImageFiles).SaveAs("C:\project\composite.pdf")

'Also see PdfDocument.RasterizeToImageFiles() method to flatten a PDF to images or thumbnails

PDF to Images See All Code Examples

// PM> Install-Package IronPdf
using IronPdf;
using System.Drawing;


//Example rendering PDF documents to Images or Thumbnails

var Pdf = PdfDocument.FromFile("Example.pdf");

//Extract all pages to a folder as image files
Pdf.RasterizeToImageFiles(@"C:\image\folder\*.png");

//Dimensions and page ranges may be specified
Pdf.RasterizeToImageFiles(@"C:\image\folder\thumbnail_*.jpg", 100, 80);


//Extract all pages as System.Drawing.Bitmap objects
System.Drawing.Bitmap[] pageImages = Pdf.ToBitmap();

' PM> Install-Package IronPdf
Imports IronPdf
Imports System.Drawing


'Example rendering PDF documents to Images or Thumbnails

Private Pdf = PdfDocument.FromFile("Example.pdf")

'Extract all pages to a folder as image files
Pdf.RasterizeToImageFiles("C:\image\folder\*.png")

'Dimensions and page ranges may be specified
Pdf.RasterizeToImageFiles("C:\image\folder\thumbnail_*.jpg", 100, 80)


'Extract all pages as System.Drawing.Bitmap objects
Dim pageImages() As System.Drawing.Bitmap = Pdf.ToBitmap()

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