Often, you may need to print the PowerPoint presentations programmatically from your web or desktop applications. In order to achieve it, this article covers how to print PowerPoint presentations using C#. Furthermore, you will also learn how to set the desired printer and other printing options dynamically.
- C# API to Print PowerPoint Presentations
- Print PowerPoint PPT in C#
- Print PowerPoint PPT with Specific Printer
- Set PowerPoint Printing Options Dynamically
Print PowerPoint PPT in C# - API Installation
To print PowerPoint presentations, we will use Aspose.Slides for .NET. It is a presentation manipulation API that lets you create, modify and convert PowerPoint presentations from within your .NET applications. You can either download the API or install it using NuGet.
PM> Install-Package Aspose.Slides.NET
Print PowerPoint Presentation in C#
The following are the steps to print a PowerPoint PPT with the default printer using C#.
- Create an instance of Presentation class to load the PowerPoint presentation.
- Call the Presentation.Print() method to print the presentation.
The following code sample shows how to print a PowerPoint presentation in C#.
C# Print PowerPoint PPT with Specific Printer
You can also specify the printer’s name in order to print a PowerPoint presentation. The following are the steps to print a presentation with a particular printer.
- Load the PowerPoint presentation using Presentation class.
- Call the Presentation.Print(string) method and pass printer’s name as its parameter.
The following C# code sample shows how to print a PowerPoint PPT with a specific printer.
C# Print PPT - How to Set Printing Options
You can also set the other printing options such as the number of copies, page margins, page orientation, etc. The following are the steps to set different printing options for PowerPoint presentations.
- Load the PowerPoint presentation using Presentation class.
- Create an instance of PrinterSettings class and set the desired options such as:
- PrinterSettings.Copies to set number of copies,
- PrinterSettings.DefaultPageSettings.Landscape to print slides in landscape orientation,
- and more.
- Call the Presentation.Print(PrinterSettings) method and pass PrinterSettings object as its parameter.
The following code sample shows how to set different options for printing PowerPoint presentations in C#.
C# PowerPoint Printing API - Get a Free License
You can print PowerPoint presentations without evaluation limitations by getting a free temporary license.
Conclusion
In this article, you have learned how to print PowerPoint presentations using C#. Furthermore, you have seen how to specify the printer’s name and other printing options. In addition, you can visit the documentation to explore other features of Aspose.Slides for .NET. Also, you can feel free to let us know about your queries via our forum.