How to Use print Media Type in HTML to WinForms PDF Conversion?

The Syncfusion® HTML to PDF converter is a .NET PDF library for converting webpages, SVG, MHTML, and HTML to PDF using C#. It is reliable and accurate. The result preserves all graphics, images, texts, fonts, and the layout of the original HTML documents or webpage.

Using this library, you can set print media type while converting HTML to PDF document.

Steps to use print media type while converting HTML to PDF:

1. Create a new C# Windows Forms application project.

2. Install the Syncfusion.HtmlToPdfConverter.WinForms NuGet package as reference to your .NET Framework application from NuGet.org.

3. Include the following namespaces in Form1.cs file.

C#

using Syncfusion.HtmlConverter;
using Syncfusion.Pdf;
using System.IO;

4. Set the MediaType property available in the BlinkConverterSettings instance to set Print media type when HTML to PDF conversion. Please find the code snippet for the same from below.

C#

string url = Path.GetFullPath("../../Data/input.html");
 
//Initialize HTML to PDF converter
HtmlToPdfConverter htmlConverter = new HtmlToPdfConverter();
 
BlinkConverterSettings blinkConverterSettings = new BlinkConverterSettings();
 
//Set MediaType property of BlinkConverterSettings
blinkConverterSettings.MediaType = MediaType.Print;
 
//Assign Blink settings to HTML converter
htmlConverter.ConverterSettings = blinkConverterSettings;
 
//Convert HTML to PDF
PdfDocument document = htmlConverter.Convert(url);
 
//Save and close the PDF document
document.Save("Sample.pdf");
document.Close(true);

A complete working sample can be downloaded from the HTMLtoPDF_Sample.zip.

Screenshot for print media type

Screenshot for screen media type

Take a moment to peruse the documentation for Converting HTML to PDF, where you will find converting HTML pages to PDF document along with the respective customization options and features.

Refer here to explore the rich set of Syncfusion Essential® PDF features.

An online sample link for Converting HTML to PDF.