Print Xaml in background - Part2 - the PrintTicket

Following my previous post on Printing Xaml code to XPS, here's the second part.
In this part, I explain how to attach "Page Settings" to the XpsDocument. This can be done by using the System.Printing.PrintTicket in your code.

In my example, I print to A3, landscape.

Define the printticket

1:private  static  PrintTicket  pt = new  PrintTicket ();

Fill it with the necessary data:

1:PrintQueue  pq = LocalPrintServer .GetDefaultPrintQueue();

2: 

3:pt = new  System.Printing.PrintTicket 

4:             {   OutputColor  = OutputColor .Color,

5:                 PageMediaType  = PageMediaType .Plain,

6:                 PageOrientation  = PageOrientation .Landscape,

7:                 PageMediaSize  = 

new PageMediaSize(PageMediaSizeName .ISOA3),

8:                 PageBorderless  = PageBorderless .Borderless

9:             };

10:System.Printing.ValidationResult result = 

pq.MergeAndValidatePrintTicket(pq.UserPrintTicket, pt);

Code the printing itself:

1: XpsDocument  document =

2:         new  XpsDocument (path + @"\\sample.xps" , System.IO.FileAccess .Write);

3: XpsDocumentWriter  writer =

4:     XpsDocument .CreateXpsDocumentWriter(document);

5: writer.WritingPrintTicketRequired +=

6:         new  WritingPrintTicketRequiredEventHandler (writer_WritingPrintTicketRequired);

7: writer.Write(myfixedDocumentToPrint, pt);

And finally the writer_WritingPrintTicketRequired function

1: static  void  writer_WritingPrintTicketRequired(object  sender, 

2:                         WritingPrintTicketRequiredEventArgs  e)

3: {

4:     e.CurrentPrintTicket = pt;

5: }

Have fun...