How to get the PrintDocumentImageableArea for a given PrintQueue without going through PrintDialog?

Question

From MSDN (link):

The type PrintDocumentImageableArea has no public constructor. Hence, the variable documentImageableArea must be declared and assigned to Nothing and only then passed to the method. This method displays a PrintDialog requiring input from the user. After the user has selected a printer, paper size, and orientation and closed the dialog, documentImageableArea points to an actual object and its properties are initialized.

I have my custom print dialog and need to get the PrintDocumentImageableArea of a given PrintQueue and PrintTicket! (I need the margin's I need to apply)

From what I can gather it is quite common for anything but the most basic applications to use their own custom print dialog. There must be a way to get to this information!?

Any input appreciated!

Answer 1

Use the GetPrintCapabilities() method of the PrintQueue and then query the PageImageableArea.

More information here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.printing.printcapabilities.pageimageablearea(v=VS.90).aspx

and here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms552920.aspx