Changing Printer Driver Setting Before Printing in C#

The Following C# code demonstrates how to change the printer driver setting before printing for File Format, Output directory, and to load a predefined profile.

To be able to change the Printer Driver settings, the BlackIceDEVMODE ActiveX Control reference should be added to the C# project in Visual Studio.

For detailed description about how to add Active X control to your C# project, please refer to the Registering the ActiveX Controls section.

For 32 bit

// This function changes a few printer settings in the specified printer driver

public void ChangeSettings(string szPrinterName)

{

      // Creating BlackIceDEVMODE object

      BLACKICEDEVMODELib.BlackIceDEVMODE BiDevmode;

      BiDevmode = new BLACKICEDEVMODELib.BlackIceDEVMODE();

      // Create a new BlackIceDEVMODE structure and load current printing     settings

      int pDevMode = BiDevmode.LoadBlackIceDEVMODE(szPrinterName);

      // Set the output directory

      BiDevmode.SetOutputDirectory(@"<<USERPROFILE>>\Documents", pDevMode);

      // Set output file format to "PDF"

      BiDevmode.SetFileFormat(36, pDevMode);

      // Apply the new settings and release the BlackICeDEVMODE structure

      BiDevmode.SaveBlackIceDEVMODE(szPrinterName, pDevMode);

      BiDevmode.ReleaseBlackIceDEVMODE(pDevMode);

}

// This function loads a profile into the specified printer

public void LoadProfile(string szPrinterName, string szProfileName)

{

      // Creating BlackIceDEVMODE object

      BLACKICEDEVMODELib.BlackIceDEVMODE BiDevmode;

      BiDevmode = new BLACKICEDEVMODELib.BlackIceDEVMODE();

      // Create a new BlackIceDEVMODE structure and load current printing     settings

      int pDevMode = BiDevmode.LoadBlackIceDEVMODE(szPrinterName);

      // Load a printer driver profile.

      // Settings that are stored in the registry get applied immediately,

      // settings that are stored in the BlackIceDEVMODE structure get loaded to       pDevMode

      // and get applied when we call SaveBlackIceDEVMODE

      BiDevmode.ApplyProfile(szPrinterName, szProfileName, pDevMode);

      // Apply the new settings and release the BlackICeDEVMODE structure

      BiDevmode.SaveBlackIceDEVMODE(szPrinterName, pDevMode);

      BiDevmode.ReleaseBlackIceDEVMODE(pDevMode);

}

// Using the functions:

// Change some of the printer settings.

ChangeSettings("Black Ice ColorPlus");

// Or load one of the profiles.

// To load a printer profile, the sample must be compiled to the same

// platform as the printer driver, so for 64 bit systems, set the platform to x64

LoadProfile("Black Ice ColorPlus", "Display BMP");

For 64 bit

// This function changes a few printer settings in the specified printer driver

public void ChangeSettings(string szPrinterName)

{

      // Creating BlackIceDEVMODE object

      BLACKICEDEVMODELib.BlackIceDEVMODE BiDevmode;

      BiDevmode = new BLACKICEDEVMODELib.BlackIceDEVMODE();

      // Create a new BlackIceDEVMODE structure and load current printing     settings

      long pDevMode = BiDevmode.LoadBlackIceDEVMODE(szPrinterName);

      // Set the output directory

      BiDevmode.SetOutputDirectory(@"<<USERPROFILE>>\Documents", pDevMode);

      // Set output file format to "PDF"

      BiDevmode.SetFileFormat(36, pDevMode);

      // Apply the new settings and release the BlackICeDEVMODE structure

      BiDevmode.SaveBlackIceDEVMODE(szPrinterName, pDevMode);

      BiDevmode.ReleaseBlackIceDEVMODE(pDevMode);

}

// This function loads a profile into the specified printer

public void LoadProfile(string szPrinterName, string szProfileName)

{

      // Creating BlackIceDEVMODE object

      BLACKICEDEVMODELib.BlackIceDEVMODE BiDevmode;

      BiDevmode = new BLACKICEDEVMODELib.BlackIceDEVMODE();

      // Create a new BlackIceDEVMODE structure and load current printing     settings

      long pDevMode = BiDevmode.LoadBlackIceDEVMODE(szPrinterName);

      // Load a printer driver profile.

      // Settings that are stored in the registry get applied immediately,

      // settings that are stored in the BlackIceDEVMODE structure get loaded to       pDevMode

      // and get applied when we call SaveBlackIceDEVMODE

      BiDevmode.ApplyProfile(szPrinterName, szProfileName, pDevMode);

      // Apply the new settings and release the BlackICeDEVMODE structure

      BiDevmode.SaveBlackIceDEVMODE(szPrinterName, pDevMode);

      BiDevmode.ReleaseBlackIceDEVMODE(pDevMode);

}

// Using the functions:

// Change some of the printer settings.

ChangeSettings("Black Ice ColorPlus");

// Or load one of the profiles.

// To load a printer profile, the sample must be compiled to the same

// platform as the printer driver, so for 64 bit systems, set the platform to x64

LoadProfile("Black Ice ColorPlus", "Display BMP");