Chapter 17. The System.Drawing.Printing Namespace

This namespace contains the non-visual classes that support printing.

The PrintDocument encapsulates the pages to be printed, while the PrintController manages the printing process. PrinterSettings represent the printer device and its settings, while the PageSettings encapsulate the format of the output page.

Look at System.Windows.Forms.PrintDialog and System.Windows.Forms.PrintPreviewDialog for handy prebuilt controls to support typical printing scenarios. Figure 17-1 shows the types in this namespace.

Figure 17-1. Types from the System.Drawing.Printing namespace