How to print PDF files without using adobe reader in WPF PDF Viewer?

WPF PDF Viewer control provides a way to print the PDF files without using Adobe Reader. Using the `Print` method of `PdfViewerControl` instance, you can print the PDF files into a physical printer, Microsoft Print to PDF, OneNote, and more. The PDF Viewer supports two types of printing.

Silent printing

It allows you to print the PDF files into the system’s default printer without any user interaction. It also helps in batch printing multiple PDF files continuously. You can refer to the following steps for performing the same:

Step 1: Include the following namespace in the MainWindow.xaml.cs file.

C#

using Syncfusion.Windows.PdfViewer;
using System.Windows;

VB.NET

Imports Syncfusion.Windows.PdfViewer
Imports System.Windows

Step 2: Using the following code snippet, you can print the PDF document.

C#

private void MainWindow_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
   //Initialize PDF Viewer
   PdfViewerControl pdfViewer1 = new PdfViewerControl();
   //Load the PDF document
   pdfViewer1.Load(@"Sample.pdf");
   //Print PDF document using Print method
   pdfViewer1.Print();
}

VB.NET

Private Sub MainWindow_Loaded(sender As Object, e As RoutedEventArgs)
'Initialize PDF Viewer
Dim pdfViewer1 As PdfViewerControl = New PdfViewerControl()
'Load the PDF document
pdfViewer1.Load("Sample.pdf")
'Print PDF document using Print method
pdfViewer1.Print()
End Sub

Print using print dialog

It allows you to select the destination printer, number of copies, and other details in the print dialog to print the PDF file. You can refer to the following steps for performing the same:

Step 1: Include the following namespace in the MainWindow.xaml.cs file.

C#

using Syncfusion.Windows.PdfViewer;
using System.Windows;

VB.NET

Imports Syncfusion.Windows.PdfViewer
Imports System.Windows

Step 2: Using the following code snippet, you can print the PDF document, showing the print dialog.

C#

private void MainWindow_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
   //Initialize PDF Viewer
   PdfViewerControl pdfViewer1 = new PdfViewerControl();
   //Load the PDF document
   pdfViewer1.Load(@"Sample.pdf");
   //Print PDF document by passing the parameter as ‘true’ to show the print dialog
   pdfViewer1.Print(true);
}

VB.NET

Private Sub MainWindow_Loaded(sender As Object, e As RoutedEventArgs)
'Initialize PDF Viewer
Dim pdfViewer1 As PdfViewerControl = New PdfViewerControl()
'Load the PDF document
pdfViewer1.Load("Sample.pdf")
'Print PDF document by passing the parameter as ‘true’ to show the print dialog.
pdfViewer1.Print(true)
End Sub

View sample in GitHub.

UG link: Printing PDF files

Conclusion

I hope you enjoyed learning how to print PDF files without using adobe reader in WPF PDFViewer.

You can refer to our WPF PDF Viewer feature tour page to know about its other groundbreaking feature representations and documentation, and how to quickly get started for configuration specifications. You can also explore our WPF PDF Viewer example to understand how to create and manipulate data.

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