How can I invoke the dialog to set printer options manually?

Question

I'm using WPF and need to let users set some print related options like printer and printer properties (e.g. papertray, landscape/portrait, duplex, etc). I'm aware of the PrintDialog class to get a PrintQueue and PrintTicket object. However I need to create I custom solution and can not show the PrintDialog. I manage to get the available PrintQueue objects and let users select a printer. I'm struggling with the printer properties. My question is: how can I show the dialog in which a user can set the printer properties for the selected PrintQueue (the dialog that is shown when a user clicks on the Properties button in the WPF PrintDialog).

Answer 1

The following code was found here (minus the Window_Loaded event). I tested it and it seems to work like a charm. Obviously you'll have to set the printer name in the PrinterSettings object before displaying the dialog.

Hope this works for you:

[DllImport("kernel32.dll")]
static extern IntPtr GlobalLock(IntPtr hMem);

[DllImport("kernel32.dll")]
static extern bool GlobalUnlock(IntPtr hMem);

[DllImport("kernel32.dll")]
static extern bool GlobalFree(IntPtr hMem);

[DllImport("winspool.Drv", EntryPoint = "DocumentPropertiesW", SetLastError = true, ExactSpelling = true, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.StdCall)]
static extern int DocumentProperties(IntPtr hwnd, IntPtr hPrinter, [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)] string pDeviceName, IntPtr pDevModeOutput, IntPtr pDevModeInput, int fMode);

private const Int32 DM_OUT_BUFFER = 14;

public void OpenPrinterPropertiesDialog(PrinterSettings printerSettings, System.IntPtr pHandle) {
    IntPtr hDevMode = printerSettings.GetHdevmode();
    IntPtr pDevMode = GlobalLock(hDevMode);
    Int32 fMode = 0;
    int sizeNeeded = DocumentProperties(pHandle, IntPtr.Zero, printerSettings.PrinterName, pDevMode, pDevMode, fMode);
    IntPtr devModeData = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(sizeNeeded);

    fMode = DM_OUT_BUFFER;

    DocumentProperties(pHandle, IntPtr.Zero, printerSettings.PrinterName, devModeData, pDevMode, fMode);
    GlobalUnlock(hDevMode);
    printerSettings.SetHdevmode(devModeData);
    printerSettings.DefaultPageSettings.SetHdevmode(devModeData);
    GlobalFree(hDevMode);
    Marshal.FreeHGlobal(devModeData);
}

private void Window_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) {
    OpenPrinterPropertiesDialog(new PrinterSettings(), new WindowInteropHelper(this).Handle);
}

Answer 2

See this question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2437337/how-to-show-printer-properties-preferences-dialog-and-save-changes