ByteScout PDF Renderer SDK – VB.NET – Silent PDF Document Printing

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How to use ByteScout PDF Renderer SDK for silent PDF document printing in VB.NET

Source code documentation samples provide quick and easy way to add a required functionality into your application. ByteScout PDF Renderer SDK helps with silent PDF document printing in VB.NET. ByteScout PDF Renderer SDK is the library that renders PDF into high quality images and thumbnails. Includes various functions like batch processing, PNG, TIFF output. Can be used from web and desktop applications.

This rich sample source code in VB.NET for ByteScout PDF Renderer SDK includes the number of functions and options you should do calling the API to implement silent PDF document printing. To do silent PDF document printing in your VB.NET project or application you may simply copy & paste the code and then run your app! VB.NET application implementation typically includes multiple stages of the software development so even if the functionality works please test it with your data and the production environment.

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Program.vb

      
Imports Bytescout.PDFRenderer


Class Program
    Friend Shared Sub Main(args As String())

        Const PrinterName As String = "Microsoft Print to PDF"

        ' Create an instance of Bytescout.PDFRenderer.DocumentPrinter object and register it.
        Dim documentPrinter As New DocumentPrinter()
        documentPrinter.RegistrationName = "demo"
        documentPrinter.RegistrationKey = "demo"

        ' Load PDF document.
        documentPrinter.LoadDocumentFromFile("multipage.pdf")

        ' Change some printing options for demo purposes 
        ' (note, some options might be not supported by the printer):

        ' Change paper orientation
        documentPrinter.Landscape = True
        ' Set number of copies
        documentPrinter.Copies = 2
        ' Set collation
        documentPrinter.Collate = True
        ' Force black and white printing
        documentPrinter.Color = False

        ' Print all document pages to the specified printer
        documentPrinter.PrintDocument(PrinterName)

        ' To print specific pages use overridden methods allowing to define pages to print:
        'documentPrinter.PrintDocument(PrinterName, 2, 4) ' printer pages from 3 to 5
        'documentPrinter.PrintDocument(PrinterName, New Integer() {0, 2, 3, 4, 6}) ' print specific pages
        'documentPrinter.PrintDocument(PrinterName, "1,3-5,7-")

        documentPrinter.Dispose()

    End Sub
End Class