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The StarDesktop 84
Printer selection and settings
The
com.sun.star.view.XPrintable
interface provides the Printer property, which selects the printer. This property receives a
PropertyValue data field with the following settings:
Name (String)
specifies the name of printer.
PaperOrientation (Enum)
specifies the paper orientation (
com.sun.star.view.PaperOrientation.PORTRAIT
value for portrait format,
com.sun.star.view.PaperOrientation.LANDSCAPE
for landscape format).
PaperFormat (Enum)
specifies the paper format (for example,
com.sun.star.view.PaperFormat.A4
for DIN A4 or
com.sun.star.view.PaperFormat.Letter
for US letters).
PaperSize (Size)
specifies the paper size in hundredths of a millimeter.
The following example shows how a printer can be changed and the paper size set with the
help of the Printer property.
Dim Doc As Object
Dim PrinterProperties(1) As New com.sun.star.beans.PropertyValue
Dim PaperSize As New com.sun.star.awt.Size
PaperSize.Width = 20000 ' corresponds to 20 cm
PaperSize.Height = 20000 ' corresponds to 20 cm
PrinterProperties (0).Name="Name"
PrinterProperties (0).Value="My HP Laserjet"
PrinterProperties (1).Name="PaperSize"
PrinterProperties (1).Value=PaperSize
Doc.Printer = PrinterProperties()
The example defines an object named PaperSize with the