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PrinterName Property
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Gets or sets the name of the printer to use.

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration) 
Public Property PrinterName As String
Visual Basic (Usage)Copy Code
Dim instance As Printer
Dim value As String
 
instance.PrinterName = value
 
value = instance.PrinterName
C# 
public string PrinterName {get; set;}

Return Value

The name of the printer to use.

Example

C#Copy Code
private void arv_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
   ActiveReport1 rpt = new ActiveReport1();
   System.Drawing.Printing.PaperSize p = new System.Drawing.Printing.PaperSize("Custom Paper Size", 400, 900); //hundredths of an inch
   rpt.Document.Printer.PrinterName = ""; //use the virtual print driver for paper sizes not supported by the local printer
   rpt.Document.Printer.PaperKind = System.Drawing.Printing.PaperKind.Custom;
   rpt.Document.Printer.PaperSize = p;
   rpt.Document.Printer.Landscape = true;
   rpt.Run();
   arv.Document = rpt.Document;
}
Visual BasicCopy Code
Private Sub arv_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles arv.Load
    Dim rpt As New ActiveReport1
    Dim p As New System.Drawing.Printing.PaperSize("Custom Paper Size", 400, 900) 'hundredths of an inch
    With rpt.Document.Printer
        .PrinterName = "" 'use the virtual print driver for paper sizes not supported by the local printer
        .PaperKind = Printing.PaperKind.Custom
        .PaperSize = p
        .Landscape = True
    End With
    rpt.Run()
    arv.Document = rpt.Document
End Sub

Remarks

Set this property to an empty string to use the virtual printer device.  The virtual printer device allows you to avoid "Printer not Installed" errors when a machine does not have any installed printers or the user does not have access to the ones installed.

The Printer's PrinterName property must always be used instead of the Printer.PrinterSettings.PrinterName property.

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