When it comes to printing, Spire.PDF offers users a wide range of options to fulfil their printing needs. Two of these options are “print multiple PDF pages per sheet” and “print single PDF page to multiple sheets”. This article elaborates how to achieve these two options using Spire.PDF and C#.
Print Multiple PDF Pages per Sheet
Uses can invoke the SelectMultiPageLayout(int rows, int columns) method of the PdfPrintSettings class to print multiple PDF pages per sheet of paper.
using Spire.Pdf; namespace PrintPDF { class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { //Initialize a PdfDocument object PdfDocument pdf = new PdfDocument(); //Load the pdf file pdf.LoadFromFile("Input.pdf"); //Print two PDF pages per sheet pdf.PrintSettings.SelectMultiPageLayout(1, 2); pdf.Print(); } } }
Below screenshot shows the sample pdf document which contains two pages:
Screenshot after printing to XPS:
Print Single PDF Page to Multiple Sheets
The SelectSplitPageLayout() method of the PdfPrintSettings class can be used when printing a large PDF page to multiple sheets. This method splits the PDF page to multiple pages according to the standard A4 paper size: 595pt*842pt.
using Spire.Pdf; namespace PrintPDF2 { class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { //Initialize a PdfDocument object PdfDocument pdf = new PdfDocument(); //Load the pdf file pdf.LoadFromFile("Input1.pdf"); //Print the PDF page to multiple sheets pdf.PrintSettings.SelectSplitPageLayout(); pdf.Print(); } } }
Below screenshot shows the sample pdf document which contains a single page with a size of 2100pt*750pt:
Screenshot after printing to XPS: