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  • steve
    #1

    GDI+ print to file


    When I print to a file using C# print what format is the file written out in?

    I am debugging a print routine and don't want to do the actual print but would like to open the output file in something like
    Photoshop. What file extension should I use so that I can see the output.

    Sorry if this is a stupid question. I tried bmp format but Photoshop at least doesn't recognize the file

    Thanks,

    Steve
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    • Peter Duniho
      #2
      Re: GDI+ print to file

      On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:53:07 -0700, steve <s_j_bull@yahoo .comwrote:
      >
      When I print to a file using C# print what format is the file written
      out in?
      It's specific to the driver. What driver are you using?
      I am debugging a print routine and don't want to do the actual print but
      would like to open the output file in something like
      Photoshop. What file extension should I use so that I can see the output.
      If you want to open the output in Photoshop, you'll want to use a PDF
      driver or maybe something like Office's Document Imaging driver (which
      outputs TIFF).

      Pete

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        • steve
          #3
          Re: GDI+ print to file


          my printer is a Canon IP100. The properties page doesn't indicate what format it prints out in.

          I don't really care what format it writes out in as this is only a temporary debug measure. I just need to know how I can do the
          print so that I can view it in some application.


          Thanks,
          Steve



          On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:04:17 -0700, "Peter Duniho" <NpOeStPeAdM@nn owslpianmk.comw rote:
          >On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:53:07 -0700, steve <s_j_bull@yahoo .comwrote:
          >
          >>
          >When I print to a file using C# print what format is the file written
          >out in?
          >
          >It's specific to the driver. What driver are you using?
          >
          >I am debugging a print routine and don't want to do the actual print but
          >would like to open the output file in something like
          >Photoshop. What file extension should I use so that I can see the output.
          >
          >If you want to open the output in Photoshop, you'll want to use a PDF
          >driver or maybe something like Office's Document Imaging driver (which
          >outputs TIFF).
          >
          >Pete

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            • Peter Duniho
              #4
              Re: GDI+ print to file

              On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:14:32 -0700, steve <s_j_bull@yahoo .comwrote:
              my printer is a Canon IP100. The properties page doesn't indicate what
              format it prints out in.
              Probably Canon's own proprietary format. I'm not familiar enough with
              that printer to know for sure.
              I don't really care what format it writes out in as this is only a
              temporary debug measure. I just need to know how I can do the
              print so that I can view it in some application.
              Well, if you have a recent version of Office (released this century, for
              example), you likely have a printer driver installed that outputs to an
              image format. "Document Imaging" will write TIFF, while the newer XPS
              driver writes Microsoft's XPS format of course. If you don't already have
              such a driver (e.g. you don't have Office installed), there are other
              options. For PDF, there are a number of options. Googling "pdf printer
              driver" turned this one up as an early hit:
              PDFCreator
              http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/
              Download PDFCreator for free. Converts every printable document to PDF, JPG, PNG, TIF and more. PDFCreator creates professional PDFs with just a few clicks and it's free. PDFCreator comes with many professional features to merge documents, send emails, and more.


              Google can help you find other possibilities if the above doesn't help
              enough. At the very least, you can get any random driver that supports
              print preview (for example, Epson's printer drivers mostly do, at least
              the recent ones). You don't need the printer itself; just install the
              driver, configure it to print to a file (so that it won't try to find a
              printer) and then use the built-in print-preview functionality of the
              driver to view your output.

              Basically, it's not really a language/framework thing. It just depends on
              what driver you are using. However, there are lots of possibilities.
              Hopefully something in this post leads you to a useful answer. :)

              Pete

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                • steve
                  #5
                  Re: GDI+ print to file


                  I found a Send to One Note driver which was installed by MS Office OneNote which works really well.

                  Thanks

                  Steve



                  On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:29:28 -0700, "Peter Duniho" <NpOeStPeAdM@nn owslpianmk.comw rote:
                  >On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:14:32 -0700, steve <s_j_bull@yahoo .comwrote:
                  >
                  >my printer is a Canon IP100. The properties page doesn't indicate what
                  >format it prints out in.
                  >
                  >Probably Canon's own proprietary format. I'm not familiar enough with
                  >that printer to know for sure.
                  >
                  >I don't really care what format it writes out in as this is only a
                  >temporary debug measure. I just need to know how I can do the
                  >print so that I can view it in some application.
                  >
                  >Well, if you have a recent version of Office (released this century, for
                  >example), you likely have a printer driver installed that outputs to an
                  >image format. "Document Imaging" will write TIFF, while the newer XPS
                  >driver writes Microsoft's XPS format of course. If you don't already have
                  >such a driver (e.g. you don't have Office installed), there are other
                  >options. For PDF, there are a number of options. Googling "pdf printer
                  >driver" turned this one up as an early hit:
                  >http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/
                  >
                  >Google can help you find other possibilities if the above doesn't help
                  >enough. At the very least, you can get any random driver that supports
                  >print preview (for example, Epson's printer drivers mostly do, at least
                  >the recent ones). You don't need the printer itself; just install the
                  >driver, configure it to print to a file (so that it won't try to find a
                  >printer) and then use the built-in print-preview functionality of the
                  >driver to view your output.
                  >
                  >Basically, it's not really a language/framework thing. It just depends on
                  >what driver you are using. However, there are lots of possibilities.
                  >Hopefully something in this post leads you to a useful answer. :)
                  >
                  >Pete

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