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Large file sent to printer when printing .gif files

Hello all,

I am able to print .gif files successfully using the code below inthe PrintPageEventHandler event.

Image img = System.Drawing.Bitmap.FromFile(@"D:\TestLabel.gif");

e.Graphics.DrawImage(img, rf);

The actual .gif file is about 50kb. However, when printing, about 1.5mb of data gets sent to the printer, so it takes a few seconds to print out. Is there a way to decrease the file size sent to the printer? Thank you.

userxid Tuesday, January 02, 2007 9:50 PM

Bitmap.FromFile() unpacks the .gif into a native, potentially very large Windows bitmap. This needs to work like this because neither GDI nor the printer driver know anything about compressed bitmap formats. One way to try to limit the size of the data sent to the printer might be PageSettings.Resolution. Try setting it to PrintResolutionKind.Low and see what happens...

nobugz Wednesday, January 03, 2007 1:49 PM

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