Printer Properties

The properties defined in the Printer class are summarized in the following table.

Property	Description
autoPaging	Specifies whether the system is to control the incrementing of the page number for each page
bottomOfPage	Contains the margin at the bottom of the printed page of output
collate	Specifies whether the print output is collated
copies	Contains the number of copies to be printed
documentType	Contains the printer form type
drawFillColor	Contains the color used to fill in shapes drawn with the printer graphics methods
drawFillStyle	Contains the pattern used to fill the shapes drawn using the printer graphics methods
drawFontBold	Used when constructing the font used for drawing text
drawFontItalic	Used when constructing the font used for drawing text.
drawFontName	Used when constructing the font used for drawing text
drawFontSize	Used when constructing the font used for drawing text
drawFontStrikethru	Used when constructing the font used for drawing text
drawFontUnderline	Used when constructing the font used for drawing text
drawStyle	Defines the line style for output from printer graphics methods
drawTextAlign	Contains the alignment used when outputting text on the printer using the drawTextAt and drawTextIn methods
drawTextCharRotation	Specifies the angle in degrees between each characters base line and the x axis of the device
drawTextRotation	Specifies the angle in degrees between the base line of the text output and the x axis of the page
drawWidth	Contains the line width for output from printer graphics methods
duplex	Contains the duplex setting for the print output
footerFrame	Contains the frame that is printed automatically at the end of each page
headerFrame	Contains the frame that is printed automatically at the beginning of each page
leftMargin	Contains the left margin of the printed page of output
orientation	Contains the orientation of your printed output
pageBorderWidth	Specifies whether a border is to be printed around the page
pageNumber	Contains the page number to be printed in a label or text box
paperSource	Contains the paper source, or tray, for the print output
printPreview	Specifies whether the printed output is to be directed to the preview file
printPreviewAllowPrint	Specifies whether previewed output can be directed to the printer
printPreviewAllowSelect	Specifies whether the Print Selected button is displayed during print preview
printPreviewReduce	Specifies whether previewed output is reduced to display a full page on the screen
retainCMDValues	Specifies whether printer values are retained when the printer is closed
rightMargin	Contains the right margin of the printed page of output
suppressDialog	Specifies whether the system-supplied print progress dialog is to be displayed
title	Contains the title to be displayed on the system-supplied print progress dialog
topOfPage	Contains the margin at the top of the printed page of output