PrinterName Property (Printer)

Visual Basic
C#

'Declaration
 
Public Property PrinterName As String

public string PrinterName {get; set;}

Property Value

The name of the printer to use.

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.

C#

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 Basic

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

Target Platforms: Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

Reference

Printer Class
Printer Members