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How to print pdf with pdf renderer sdk in C# using ByteScout PDF Suite

How to write a robust code in C# to print pdf with pdf renderer sdk with this step-by-step tutorial

An easy to understand guide on how to print pdf with pdf renderer sdk in C# with this source code sample. ByteScout PDF Suite can print pdf with pdf renderer sdk. It can be applied from C#. ByteScout PDF Suite is the bundle that provides six different SDK libraries to work with PDF from generating rich PDF reports to extracting data from PDF documents and converting them to HTML. This bundle includes PDF (Generator) SDK, PDF Renderer SDK, PDF Extractor SDK, PDF to HTML SDK, PDF Viewer SDK and PDF Generator SDK for Javascript.

Want to quickly learn? This fast application programming interfaces of ByteScout PDF Suite for C# plus the guidelines and the code below will help you quickly learn how to print pdf with pdf renderer sdk. IF you want to implement the functionality, just copy and paste this code for C# below into your code editor with your app, compile and run your application. Enjoy writing a code with ready-to-use sample codes in C#.

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Form1.Designer.cs

      namespace PrintPDF
{
	partial class Form1
	{
		/// <summary>
		/// Required designer variable.
		/// </summary>
		private System.ComponentModel.IContainer components = null;

		/// <summary>
		/// Clean up any resources being used.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="disposing">true if managed resources should be disposed; otherwise, false.</param>
		protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
		{
			if (disposing && (components != null))
			{
				components.Dispose();
			}
			base.Dispose(disposing);
		}

		#region Windows Form Designer generated code

		/// <summary>
		/// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
		/// the contents of this method with the code editor.
		/// </summary>
		private void InitializeComponent()
		{
			System.ComponentModel.ComponentResourceManager resources = new System.ComponentModel.ComponentResourceManager(typeof(Form1));
			this.printDocument1 = new System.Drawing.Printing.PrintDocument();
			this.printPreviewDialog1 = new System.Windows.Forms.PrintPreviewDialog();
			this.pageSetupDialog1 = new System.Windows.Forms.PageSetupDialog();
			this.printDialog1 = new System.Windows.Forms.PrintDialog();
			this.buttonPageSetup = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
			this.buttonPrintPreview = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
			this.buttonPrint = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
			this.SuspendLayout();
			// 
			// printDocument1
			// 
			this.printDocument1.PrintPage += new System.Drawing.Printing.PrintPageEventHandler(this.printDocument1_PrintPage);
			// 
			// printPreviewDialog1
			// 
			this.printPreviewDialog1.AutoScrollMargin = new System.Drawing.Size(0, 0);
			this.printPreviewDialog1.AutoScrollMinSize = new System.Drawing.Size(0, 0);
			this.printPreviewDialog1.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(400, 300);
			this.printPreviewDialog1.Document = this.printDocument1;
			this.printPreviewDialog1.Enabled = true;
			this.printPreviewDialog1.Icon = ((System.Drawing.Icon) (resources.GetObject("printPreviewDialog1.Icon")));
			this.printPreviewDialog1.Name = "printPreviewDialog1";
			this.printPreviewDialog1.UseAntiAlias = true;
			this.printPreviewDialog1.Visible = false;
			// 
			// pageSetupDialog1
			// 
			this.pageSetupDialog1.Document = this.printDocument1;
			// 
			// printDialog1
			// 
			this.printDialog1.Document = this.printDocument1;
			this.printDialog1.UseEXDialog = true;
			// 
			// buttonPageSetup
			// 
			this.buttonPageSetup.Anchor = ((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles) (((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Top | System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Left)
						| System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Right)));
			this.buttonPageSetup.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(12, 12);
			this.buttonPageSetup.Name = "buttonPageSetup";
			this.buttonPageSetup.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(253, 41);
			this.buttonPageSetup.TabIndex = 0;
			this.buttonPageSetup.Text = "Page Setup";
			this.buttonPageSetup.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
			this.buttonPageSetup.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.buttonPageSetup_Click);
			// 
			// buttonPrintPreview
			// 
			this.buttonPrintPreview.Anchor = ((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles) (((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Top | System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Left)
						| System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Right)));
			this.buttonPrintPreview.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(12, 59);
			this.buttonPrintPreview.Name = "buttonPrintPreview";
			this.buttonPrintPreview.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(253, 41);
			this.buttonPrintPreview.TabIndex = 1;
			this.buttonPrintPreview.Text = "Print Preview";
			this.buttonPrintPreview.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
			this.buttonPrintPreview.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.buttonPrintPreview_Click);
			// 
			// buttonPrint
			// 
			this.buttonPrint.Anchor = ((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles) (((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Top | System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Left)
						| System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Right)));
			this.buttonPrint.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(12, 106);
			this.buttonPrint.Name = "buttonPrint";
			this.buttonPrint.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(253, 41);
			this.buttonPrint.TabIndex = 2;
			this.buttonPrint.Text = "Print";
			this.buttonPrint.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
			this.buttonPrint.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.buttonPrint_Click);
			// 
			// Form1
			// 
			this.AutoScaleDimensions = new System.Drawing.SizeF(6F, 13F);
			this.AutoScaleMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Font;
			this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(277, 161);
			this.Controls.Add(this.buttonPrint);
			this.Controls.Add(this.buttonPrintPreview);
			this.Controls.Add(this.buttonPageSetup);
			this.Name = "Form1";
			this.Text = "Print PDF";
			this.Load += new System.EventHandler(this.Form1_Load);
			this.ResumeLayout(false);

		}

		#endregion

		private System.Drawing.Printing.PrintDocument printDocument1;
		private System.Windows.Forms.PrintPreviewDialog printPreviewDialog1;
		private System.Windows.Forms.PageSetupDialog pageSetupDialog1;
		private System.Windows.Forms.PrintDialog printDialog1;
		private System.Windows.Forms.Button buttonPageSetup;
		private System.Windows.Forms.Button buttonPrintPreview;
		private System.Windows.Forms.Button buttonPrint;
	}
}

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Form1.cs

      using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Windows.Forms;

using Bytescout.PDFRenderer;


namespace PrintPDF
{
	public partial class Form1 : Form
	{
		private string _document = @"multipage.pdf";
	    readonly RasterRenderer _rasterRenderer = null;
		private int _page = 0;

		
		public Form1()
		{
			InitializeComponent();

			// Create an instance of Bytescout.PDFRenderer.RasterRenderer object and register it.
			_rasterRenderer = new RasterRenderer();
			_rasterRenderer.RegistrationName = "demo";
			_rasterRenderer.RegistrationKey = "demo";
		}

		private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
		{
			Cursor = Cursors.WaitCursor;

			try
			{
				// Load PDF document
				_rasterRenderer.LoadDocumentFromFile(_document);
			}
			catch (Exception exception)
			{
				MessageBox.Show("Could not open PDF document.\n\n" + exception.Message);
			}
			finally
			{
				Cursor = Cursors.Default;
			}
		}

		private void buttonPageSetup_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            // Set landscape orientation if needed
            RectangleF pageRectangle = _rasterRenderer.GetPageRectangle(0);
            if (pageRectangle.Width > pageRectangle.Height)
                pageSetupDialog1.PageSettings.Landscape = true;

            pageSetupDialog1.ShowDialog();
		}

		private void buttonPrintPreview_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
		{
			_page = 0;
			printPreviewDialog1.Width = 800;
			printPreviewDialog1.Height = 600;
			printPreviewDialog1.ShowDialog();
		}

		private void buttonPrint_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
		{
			if (printDialog1.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
			{
				printDocument1.Print();
			}
		}

		private void printDocument1_PrintPage(object sender, System.Drawing.Printing.PrintPageEventArgs e)
		{
			Cursor = Cursors.WaitCursor;

		    try
		    {
		        // For the best quality set the rendering resolution equal to the printer resolution
		        float renderingResolution = e.PageSettings.PrinterResolution.X;

		        // Render page to image
                using (Image image = _rasterRenderer.GetImage(_page, renderingResolution))
		        {
		            // Fit image into the print rectangle keeping the aspect ratio

                    Rectangle printRect = e.MarginBounds;

		            float ratio = printRect.Width / (float) image.Width;
		            int width = printRect.Width;
		            int height = (int) (image.Height * ratio);

		            if (height > printRect.Height)
		            {
		                ratio = printRect.Height / (float) image.Height;
		                width = (int) (image.Width * ratio);
		                height = printRect.Height;
		            }

		            // Draw image on device
		            e.Graphics.DrawImage(image, new Rectangle(printRect.X, printRect.Y, width, height),
		                new Rectangle(0, 0, image.Width, image.Height), GraphicsUnit.Pixel);
		        }

		        if (_page < _rasterRenderer.GetPageCount() - 1)
		        {
		            _page++;
		            e.HasMorePages = true;
		        }
		    }
		    catch (Exception exception)
		    {
		        MessageBox.Show(exception.Message);
		    }
			finally
			{
				Cursor = Cursors.Default;
			}
		}
	}
}

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Program.cs

      using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace PrintPDF
{
    static class Program
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// The main entry point for the application.
        /// </summary>
        [STAThread]
        static void Main()
        {
            Application.EnableVisualStyles();
            Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);
            Application.Run(new Form1());
        }
    }
}