PrinterSetting are ignored while printing an Image

Question

I'm trying to print an Image using PrintDocumentin C# but somehow the setting (like Number of Pages and Image Quality ) are ignored while printing and preview.

Is there anything wrong in following code, Am I missing something?

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    using (var printDialog = new PrintDialog())
    {
        if (printDialog.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
        {
            _printDocument.PrinterSettings = printDialog.PrinterSettings;    
        }
    }
}

void _printDocument_Print(object sender, PrintPageEventArgs e)
{
    using (Image image = new Bitmap("image0002.tif"))
    {
        e.Graphics.DrawImage(image, e.MarginBounds.X, e.MarginBounds.Y);
    }
}

Answer 1

Have you tried setting the PrintDialog's Document property to the document you want to print? The dialog should automatically manage the settings for the current PrintDocument if I remember correctly, so there should be no need to manually assign the PrinterSettings.

In addition, I think that a DialogResult.OK from PrintDialog.ShowDialog() means that you should print the document (the user clicked the 'Print' button).

For example:

using (var printDialog = new PrintDialog { Document = _printDocument }) 
{ 
    if (printDialog.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK) 
    { 
        _printDocument.Print();     
    } 
} 

Does that help?

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EDIT: If you don't want to print right away, you could try:

using (var printDialog = new PrintDialog { Document = _printDocument }) 
{ 
    printDialog.ShowDialog();     
} 

but users might find it a little strange if they click 'Print' and the document doesn't print.