Printing PDF using different printer trays c#

Question

Is there a way to print a PDF and select the paper tray to use programmatically?

I'm open to suggestions such as converting the PDF to a different format and printing from there.

I can print to the correct tray using PaperSource() and PrintDocument() is it possible to convert PDFs into a format that these functions can understand?

Thanks.

Have you tried generating the PDF documents on different paper sizes? What code are you using to generate you PDFs now? What scripts does your printer understand? — zipzit
I'm using PDF forms and editing it using iTextSharp then saving as a PDF, not sure what scripts the printer will understand — I Hate Java
I think you want PaperCut or something just like it. I suspect with the right printer scripting tool you could determine which paper bin to use via a file name extract. E. G. 'Filename_big.pdf' versus 'Filename_little.pdf' — zipzit
It's not at all clear on what you are trying to do but if you are using forms to obtain input from others Google Forms (pushing to a Google Apps Script) are pretty awesome. — zipzit

ZagNut ZagNut · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-20T01:10:35

Based on getting the paper tray PaperSource from something like here on MSDN, if you don't mind using Ghostscript.NET, this should work for you:

public void PrintPdf(string filePath, string printQueueName, PaperSource paperTray)
{
    using (ManualResetEvent done = new ManualResetEvent(false))
    using (PrintDocument document = new PrintDocument())
    {
        document.DocumentName = "My PDF";
        document.PrinterSettings.PrinterName = printQueueName;
        document.DefaultPageSettings.PaperSize = new PaperSize("Letter", 850, 1100);
        document.DefaultPageSettings.PaperSource = paperTray;
        document.OriginAtMargins = false;

        using (var rasterizer = new GhostscriptRasterizer())
        {
            var lastInstalledVersion =
                GhostscriptVersionInfo.GetLastInstalledVersion(
                        GhostscriptLicense.GPL | GhostscriptLicense.AFPL,
                        GhostscriptLicense.GPL);

            rasterizer.Open(filePath, lastInstalledVersion, false);

            int xDpi = 96, yDpi = 96, pageNumber = 0;

            document.PrintPage += (o, p) =>
            {
                pageNumber++;
                p.Graphics.DrawImageUnscaledAndClipped(
                    rasterizer.GetPage(xDpi, yDpi, pageNumber),
                    new Rectangle(0, 0, 850, 1100));
                p.HasMorePages = pageNumber < rasterizer.PageCount;
            };

            document.EndPrint += (o, p) =>
            {
                done.Set();
            };

            document.Print();
            done.WaitOne();
        }
    }
}

Printing PDF using different printer trays c#

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