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WebBrowser control - Print method shows Print-settings dialog for PDF file

Hi,

I use WebBrowser control to browse WWW. When I call Print method on common HTML page no dialog is shown and page is printed directly to printer, that is OK. But if browser's URL points to a PDF file (eg http://www.test.com/file.pdf) and Print method is called then print-settings window appears. This print-settings comes from some Adobe Acrobat Reader WWW-plugin.

Don't someone know any possibility how to print PDF directly to printer?

Thanks a lot.

Mirek Vanicky

Miroslav Vanicky Tuesday, September 08, 2009 9:20 AM

Hi Miroslav Vanicky,

Based on my understanding, we can save the pdf file and print it using Acrobat SDK to print it. This is an article:
http://vidmar.net/weblog/archive/2008/04/14/printing-pdf-documents-in-c.aspx.

Regards,
Aland Li

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