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</style></head><body><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr /><td align="left" valign="top" width="32"><img align="left" border="0" height="32" src="images/rb-logo.png" width="32" /></td><td width="1">  </td><td class="postheader" valign="center"><a href="index.html"><font color="#004faf">Home</font></a> · <a href="classes.html"><font color="#004faf">All Classes</font></a> · <a href="modules.html"><font color="#004faf">Modules</font></a></td></table><h1 align="center">QPrinter Class Reference<br /><sup><sup>[<a href="qtgui.html">QtGui</a> module]</sup></sup></h1><p>The QPrinter class is a paint device that paints on a printer.
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<p>Inherits <a href="qpaintdevice.html">QPaintDevice</a>.</p><h3>Types</h3><ul><li><div class="fn" />enum <b><a href="qprinter.html#ColorMode-enum">ColorMode</a></b> { GrayScale, Color }</li><li><div class="fn" />enum <b><a href="qprinter.html#DuplexMode-enum">DuplexMode</a></b> { DuplexNone, DuplexAuto, DuplexLongSide, DuplexShortSide }</li><li><div class="fn" />enum <b><a href="qprinter.html#Orientation-enum">Orientation</a></b> { Portrait, Landscape }</li><li><div class="fn" />enum <b><a href="qprinter.html#OutputFormat-enum">OutputFormat</a></b> { NativeFormat, PdfFormat, PostScriptFormat }</li><li><div class="fn" />enum <b><a href="qprinter.html#PageOrder-enum">PageOrder</a></b> { FirstPageFirst, LastPageFirst }</li><li><div class="fn" />enum <b><a href="qprinter.html#PageSize-enum">PageSize</a></b> { A4, B5, Letter, Legal, ..., Custom }</li><li><div class="fn" />enum <b><a href="qprinter.html#PaperSource-enum">PaperSource</a></b> { OnlyOne, Lower, Middle, Manual, ..., MaxPageSource }</li><li><div class="fn" />enum <b><a href="qprinter.html#PrinterMode-enum">PrinterMode</a></b> { ScreenResolution, PrinterResolution, HighResolution }</li><li><div class="fn" />enum <b><a href="qprinter.html#PrinterState-enum">PrinterState</a></b> { Idle, Active, Aborted, Error }</li><li><div class="fn" />enum <b><a href="qprinter.html#PrintRange-enum">PrintRange</a></b> { AllPages, Selection, PageRange, CurrentPage }</li><li><div class="fn" />enum <b><a href="qprinter.html#Unit-enum">Unit</a></b> { Millimeter, Point, Inch, Pica, ..., DevicePixel }</li></ul><h3>Methods</h3><ul><li><div class="fn" /><b><a href="qprinter.html#QPrinter">__init__</a></b> (<i>self</i>, PrinterMode <i>mode</i> = QPrinter.ScreenResolution)</li><li><div class="fn" /><b><a href="qprinter.html#QPrinter-2">__init__</a></b> (<i>self</i>, QPrinterInfo <i>printer</i>, PrinterMode <i>mode</i> = QPrinter.ScreenResolution)</li><li><div class="fn" />bool <b><a href="qprinter.html#abort">abort</a></b> (<i>self</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" />int <b><a href="qprinter.html#actualNumCopies">actualNumCopies</a></b> (<i>self</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" />bool <b><a href="qprinter.html#collateCopies">collateCopies</a></b> (<i>self</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" />ColorMode <b><a href="qprinter.html#colorMode">colorMode</a></b> (<i>self</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" />int <b><a href="qprinter.html#copyCount">copyCount</a></b> (<i>self</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" />QString <b><a href="qprinter.html#creator">creator</a></b> (<i>self</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" />QString <b><a href="qprinter.html#docName">docName</a></b> (<i>self</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" />bool <b><a href="qprinter.html#doubleSidedPrinting">doubleSidedPrinting</a></b> (<i>self</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" />DuplexMode <b><a href="qprinter.html#duplex">duplex</a></b> (<i>self</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" />bool <b><a href="qprinter.html#fontEmbeddingEnabled">fontEmbeddingEnabled</a></b> (<i>self</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" />int <b><a href="qprinter.html#fromPage">fromPage</a></b> (<i>self</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" />bool <b><a href="qprinter.html#fullPage">fullPage</a></b> (<i>self</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" />(float <i>left</i>, float <i>top</i>, float <i>right</i>, float <i>bottom</i>) <b><a href="qprinter.html#getPageMargins">getPageMargins</a></b> (<i>self</i>, Unit <i>unit</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" />bool <b><a href="qprinter.html#isValid">isValid</a></b> (<i>self</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" />int <b><a href="qprinter.html#metric">metric</a></b> (<i>self</i>, QPaintDevice.PaintDeviceMetric)</li><li><div class="fn" />bool <b><a href="qprinter.html#newPage">newPage</a></b> (<i>self</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" />int <b><a href="qprinter.html#numCopies">numCopies</a></b> (<i>self</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" />Orientation <b><a href="qprinter.html#orientation">orientation</a></b> (<i>self</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" />QString <b><a href="qprinter.html#outputFileName">outputFileName</a></b> (<i>self</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" />OutputFormat <b><a href="qprinter.html#outputFormat">outputFormat</a></b> (<i>self</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" />PageOrder <b><a href="qprinter.html#pageOrder">pageOrder</a></b> (<i>self</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" />QRect <b><a href="qprinter.html#pageRect">pageRect</a></b> (<i>self</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" />QRectF <b><a href="qprinter.html#pageRect-2">pageRect</a></b> (<i>self</i>, Unit)</li><li><div class="fn" />PageSize <b><a href="qprinter.html#pageSize">pageSize</a></b> (<i>self</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" />QPaintEngine <b><a href="qprinter.html#paintEngine">paintEngine</a></b> (<i>self</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" />QRect <b><a href="qprinter.html#paperRect">paperRect</a></b> (<i>self</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" />QRectF <b><a href="qprinter.html#paperRect-2">paperRect</a></b> (<i>self</i>, Unit)</li><li><div class="fn" />PageSize <b><a href="qprinter.html#paperSize">paperSize</a></b> (<i>self</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" />QSizeF <b><a href="qprinter.html#paperSize-2">paperSize</a></b> (<i>self</i>, Unit <i>unit</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" />PaperSource <b><a href="qprinter.html#paperSource">paperSource</a></b> (<i>self</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" />QPrintEngine <b><a href="qprinter.html#printEngine">printEngine</a></b> (<i>self</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" />QString <b><a href="qprinter.html#printerName">printerName</a></b> (<i>self</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" />QString <b><a href="qprinter.html#printerSelectionOption">printerSelectionOption</a></b> (<i>self</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" />PrinterState <b><a href="qprinter.html#printerState">printerState</a></b> (<i>self</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" />QString <b><a href="qprinter.html#printProgram">printProgram</a></b> (<i>self</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" />PrintRange <b><a href="qprinter.html#printRange">printRange</a></b> (<i>self</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" />int <b><a href="qprinter.html#resolution">resolution</a></b> (<i>self</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" /><b><a href="qprinter.html#setCollateCopies">setCollateCopies</a></b> (<i>self</i>, bool <i>collate</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" /><b><a href="qprinter.html#setColorMode">setColorMode</a></b> (<i>self</i>, ColorMode)</li><li><div class="fn" /><b><a href="qprinter.html#setCopyCount">setCopyCount</a></b> (<i>self</i>, int)</li><li><div class="fn" /><b><a href="qprinter.html#setCreator">setCreator</a></b> (<i>self</i>, QString)</li><li><div class="fn" /><b><a href="qprinter.html#setDocName">setDocName</a></b> (<i>self</i>, QString)</li><li><div class="fn" /><b><a href="qprinter.html#setDoubleSidedPrinting">setDoubleSidedPrinting</a></b> (<i>self</i>, bool <i>enable</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" /><b><a href="qprinter.html#setDuplex">setDuplex</a></b> (<i>self</i>, DuplexMode <i>duplex</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" /><b><a href="qprinter.html#setEngines">setEngines</a></b> (<i>self</i>, QPrintEngine <i>printEngine</i>, QPaintEngine <i>paintEngine</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" /><b><a href="qprinter.html#setFontEmbeddingEnabled">setFontEmbeddingEnabled</a></b> (<i>self</i>, bool <i>enable</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" /><b><a href="qprinter.html#setFromTo">setFromTo</a></b> (<i>self</i>, int <i>fromPage</i>, int <i>toPage</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" /><b><a href="qprinter.html#setFullPage">setFullPage</a></b> (<i>self</i>, bool)</li><li><div class="fn" /><b><a href="qprinter.html#setNumCopies">setNumCopies</a></b> (<i>self</i>, int)</li><li><div class="fn" /><b><a href="qprinter.html#setOrientation">setOrientation</a></b> (<i>self</i>, Orientation)</li><li><div class="fn" /><b><a href="qprinter.html#setOutputFileName">setOutputFileName</a></b> (<i>self</i>, QString)</li><li><div class="fn" /><b><a href="qprinter.html#setOutputFormat">setOutputFormat</a></b> (<i>self</i>, OutputFormat <i>format</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" /><b><a href="qprinter.html#setPageMargins">setPageMargins</a></b> (<i>self</i>, float <i>left</i>, float <i>top</i>, float <i>right</i>, float <i>bottom</i>, Unit <i>unit</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" /><b><a href="qprinter.html#setPageOrder">setPageOrder</a></b> (<i>self</i>, PageOrder)</li><li><div class="fn" /><b><a href="qprinter.html#setPageSize">setPageSize</a></b> (<i>self</i>, PageSize)</li><li><div class="fn" /><b><a href="qprinter.html#setPaperSize">setPaperSize</a></b> (<i>self</i>, PageSize)</li><li><div class="fn" /><b><a href="qprinter.html#setPaperSize-2">setPaperSize</a></b> (<i>self</i>, QSizeF <i>paperSize</i>, Unit <i>unit</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" /><b><a href="qprinter.html#setPaperSource">setPaperSource</a></b> (<i>self</i>, PaperSource)</li><li><div class="fn" /><b><a href="qprinter.html#setPrinterName">setPrinterName</a></b> (<i>self</i>, QString)</li><li><div class="fn" /><b><a href="qprinter.html#setPrinterSelectionOption">setPrinterSelectionOption</a></b> (<i>self</i>, QString)</li><li><div class="fn" /><b><a href="qprinter.html#setPrintProgram">setPrintProgram</a></b> (<i>self</i>, QString)</li><li><div class="fn" /><b><a href="qprinter.html#setPrintRange">setPrintRange</a></b> (<i>self</i>, PrintRange <i>range</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" /><b><a href="qprinter.html#setResolution">setResolution</a></b> (<i>self</i>, int)</li><li><div class="fn" />list-of-int <b><a href="qprinter.html#supportedResolutions">supportedResolutions</a></b> (<i>self</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" />bool <b><a href="qprinter.html#supportsMultipleCopies">supportsMultipleCopies</a></b> (<i>self</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" />int <b><a href="qprinter.html#toPage">toPage</a></b> (<i>self</i>)</li></ul><a name="details" /><hr /><h2>Detailed Description</h2><p>The QPrinter class is a paint device that paints on a
printer.</p>
<p>This device represents a series of pages of printed output, and
is used in almost exactly the same way as other paint devices such
as <a href="qwidget.html">QWidget</a> and <a href="qpixmap.html">QPixmap</a>. A set of additional functions are
provided to manage device-specific features, such as orientation
and resolution, and to step through the pages in a document as it
is generated.</p>
<p>When printing directly to a printer on Windows or Mac OS X,
QPrinter uses the built-in printer drivers. On X11, QPrinter uses
the <a href="http://www.cups.org/">Common Unix Printing System
(CUPS)</a> or the standard Unix <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1179.txt#lpr">lpr</a> utility to send
PostScript or PDF output to the printer. As an alternative, the
<a href="qprinter.html#printProgram">printProgram</a>() function
can be used to specify the command or utility to use instead of the
system default.</p>
<p>Note that setting parameters like paper size and resolution on
an invalid printer is undefined. You can use <a href="qprinter.html#isValid">QPrinter.isValid</a>() to verify this
before changing any parameters.</p>
<p>QPrinter supports a number of parameters, most of which can be
changed by the end user through a <a href="qprintdialog.html">print
dialog</a>. In general, QPrinter passes these functions onto the
underlying <a href="qprintengine.html">QPrintEngine</a>.</p>
<p>The most important parameters are:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="qprinter.html#setOrientation">setOrientation</a>()
tells QPrinter which page orientation to use.</li>
<li><a href="qprinter.html#setPaperSize">setPaperSize</a>() tells
QPrinter what paper size to expect from the printer.</li>
<li><a href="qprinter.html#setResolution">setResolution</a>() tells
QPrinter what resolution you wish the printer to provide, in dots
per inch (DPI).</li>
<li><a href="qprinter.html#setFullPage">setFullPage</a>() tells
QPrinter whether you want to deal with the full page or just with
the part the printer can draw on.</li>
<li><a href="qprinter.html#setCopyCount">setCopyCount</a>() tells
QPrinter how many copies of the document it should print.</li>
</ul>
<p>Many of these functions can only be called before the actual
printing begins (i.e., before <a href="qpainter.html#begin">QPainter.begin</a>() is called). This
usually makes sense because, for example, it's not possible to
change the number of copies when you are halfway through printing.
There are also some settings that the user sets (through the
printer dialog) and that applications are expected to obey. See
<a href="qabstractprintdialog.html">QAbstractPrintDialog</a>'s
documentation for more details.</p>
<p>When <a href="qpainter.html#begin">QPainter.begin</a>() is
called, the QPrinter it operates on is prepared for a new page,
enabling the <a href="qpainter.html">QPainter</a> to be used
immediately to paint the first page in a document. Once the first
page has been painted, <a href="qprinter.html#newPage">newPage</a>() can be called to request a
new blank page to paint on, or <a href="qpainter.html#end">QPainter.end</a>() can be called to finish
printing. The second page and all following pages are prepared
using a call to <a href="qprinter.html#newPage">newPage</a>()
before they are painted.</p>
<p>The first page in a document does not need to be preceded by a
call to <a href="qprinter.html#newPage">newPage</a>(). You only
need to calling <a href="qprinter.html#newPage">newPage</a>() after
<a href="qpainter.html#begin">QPainter.begin</a>() if you need to
insert a blank page at the beginning of a printed document.
Similarly, calling <a href="qprinter.html#newPage">newPage</a>()
after the last page in a document is painted will result in a
trailing blank page appended to the end of the printed
document.</p>
<p>If you want to abort the print job, <a href="qprinter.html#abort">abort</a>() will try its best to stop
printing. It may cancel the entire job or just part of it.</p>
<p>Since QPrinter can print to any <a href="qprintengine.html">QPrintEngine</a> subclass, it is possible to
extend printing support to cover new types of printing subsystem by
subclassing <a href="qprintengine.html">QPrintEngine</a> and
reimplementing its interface.</p>
<hr /><h2>Type Documentation</h2><h3 class="fn"><a name="ColorMode-enum" />QPrinter.ColorMode</h3><p>This enum type is used to indicate whether <a href="qprinter.html">QPrinter</a> should print in color or not.</p>
<table class="valuelist">
<tr class="odd" valign="top">
<th class="tblConst">Constant</th>
<th class="tblval">Value</th>
<th class="tbldscr">Description</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>QPrinter.Color</tt></td>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>1</tt></td>
<td class="topAlign">print in color if available, otherwise in
grayscale.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>QPrinter.GrayScale</tt></td>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>0</tt></td>
<td class="topAlign">print in grayscale, even on color
printers.</td>
</tr>
</table>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="DuplexMode-enum" />QPrinter.DuplexMode</h3><p>This enum is used to indicate whether printing will occur on one
or both sides of each sheet of paper (simplex or duplex
printing).</p>
<table class="valuelist">
<tr class="odd" valign="top">
<th class="tblConst">Constant</th>
<th class="tblval">Value</th>
<th class="tbldscr">Description</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>QPrinter.DuplexNone</tt></td>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>0</tt></td>
<td class="topAlign">Single sided (simplex) printing only.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>QPrinter.DuplexAuto</tt></td>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>1</tt></td>
<td class="topAlign">The printer's default setting is used to
determine whether duplex printing is used.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>QPrinter.DuplexLongSide</tt></td>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>2</tt></td>
<td class="topAlign">Both sides of each sheet of paper are used for
printing. The paper is turned over its longest edge before the
second side is printed</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>QPrinter.DuplexShortSide</tt></td>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>3</tt></td>
<td class="topAlign">Both sides of each sheet of paper are used for
printing. The paper is turned over its shortest edge before the
second side is printed</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p>This enum was introduced or modified in Qt 4.4.</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="Orientation-enum" />QPrinter.Orientation</h3><p>This enum type (not to be confused with <tt>Orientation</tt>) is
used to specify each page's orientation.</p>
<table class="valuelist">
<tr class="odd" valign="top">
<th class="tblConst">Constant</th>
<th class="tblval">Value</th>
<th class="tbldscr">Description</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>QPrinter.Portrait</tt></td>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>0</tt></td>
<td class="topAlign">the page's height is greater than its
width.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>QPrinter.Landscape</tt></td>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>1</tt></td>
<td class="topAlign">the page's width is greater than its
height.</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p>This type interacts with <a href="qprinter.html#PaperSize-enum">QPrinter.PaperSize</a> and <a href="qprinter.html#setFullPage">QPrinter.setFullPage</a>() to
determine the final size of the page available to the
application.</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="OutputFormat-enum" />QPrinter.OutputFormat</h3><p>The OutputFormat enum is used to describe the format <a href="qprinter.html">QPrinter</a> should use for printing.</p>
<table class="valuelist">
<tr class="odd" valign="top">
<th class="tblConst">Constant</th>
<th class="tblval">Value</th>
<th class="tbldscr">Description</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>QPrinter.NativeFormat</tt></td>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>0</tt></td>
<td class="topAlign"><a href="qprinter.html">QPrinter</a> will
print output using a method defined by the platform it is running
on. This mode is the default when printing directly to a
printer.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>QPrinter.PdfFormat</tt></td>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>1</tt></td>
<td class="topAlign"><a href="qprinter.html">QPrinter</a> will
generate its output as a searchable PDF file. This mode is the
default when printing to a file.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>QPrinter.PostScriptFormat</tt></td>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>2</tt></td>
<td class="topAlign"><a href="qprinter.html">QPrinter</a> will
generate its output as in the PostScript format. (This feature was
introduced in Qt 4.2.)</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p><b>See also</b> <a href="qprinter.html#outputFormat">outputFormat</a>(), <a href="qprinter.html#setOutputFormat">setOutputFormat</a>(), and <a href="qprinter.html#setOutputFileName">setOutputFileName</a>().</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="PageOrder-enum" />QPrinter.PageOrder</h3><p>This enum type is used by <a href="qprinter.html">QPrinter</a>
to tell the application program how to print.</p>
<table class="valuelist">
<tr class="odd" valign="top">
<th class="tblConst">Constant</th>
<th class="tblval">Value</th>
<th class="tbldscr">Description</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>QPrinter.FirstPageFirst</tt></td>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>0</tt></td>
<td class="topAlign">the lowest-numbered page should be printed
first.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>QPrinter.LastPageFirst</tt></td>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>1</tt></td>
<td class="topAlign">the highest-numbered page should be printed
first.</td>
</tr>
</table>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="PageSize-enum" />QPrinter.PageSize</h3><h3 class="fn"><a name="PaperSource-enum" />QPrinter.PaperSource</h3><p>This enum type specifies what paper source <a href="qprinter.html">QPrinter</a> is to use. <a href="qprinter.html">QPrinter</a> does not check that the paper source
is available; it just uses this information to try and set the
paper source. Whether it will set the paper source depends on
whether the printer has that particular source.</p>
<p><b>Warning:</b> This is currently only implemented for
Windows.</p>
<table class="valuelist">
<tr>
<th class="tblConst">Constant</th>
<th class="tblVal">Value</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>QPrinter.Auto</tt></td>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>6</tt></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>QPrinter.Cassette</tt></td>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>11</tt></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>QPrinter.Envelope</tt></td>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>4</tt></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>QPrinter.EnvelopeManual</tt></td>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>5</tt></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>QPrinter.FormSource</tt></td>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>12</tt></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>QPrinter.LargeCapacity</tt></td>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>10</tt></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>QPrinter.LargeFormat</tt></td>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>9</tt></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>QPrinter.Lower</tt></td>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>1</tt></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>QPrinter.MaxPageSource</tt></td>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>13</tt></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>QPrinter.Middle</tt></td>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>2</tt></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>QPrinter.Manual</tt></td>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>3</tt></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>QPrinter.OnlyOne</tt></td>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>0</tt></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>QPrinter.Tractor</tt></td>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>7</tt></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>QPrinter.SmallFormat</tt></td>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>8</tt></td>
</tr>
</table>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="PrinterMode-enum" />QPrinter.PrinterMode</h3><p>This enum describes the mode the printer should work in. It
basically presets a certain resolution and working mode.</p>
<table class="valuelist">
<tr class="odd" valign="top">
<th class="tblConst">Constant</th>
<th class="tblval">Value</th>
<th class="tbldscr">Description</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>QPrinter.ScreenResolution</tt></td>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>0</tt></td>
<td class="topAlign">Sets the resolution of the print device to the
screen resolution. This has the big advantage that the results
obtained when painting on the printer will match more or less
exactly the visible output on the screen. It is the easiest to use,
as font metrics on the screen and on the printer are the same. This
is the default value. ScreenResolution will produce a lower quality
output than HighResolution and should only be used for drafts.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>QPrinter.PrinterResolution</tt></td>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>1</tt></td>
<td class="topAlign">This value is deprecated. Is is equivalent to
ScreenResolution on Unix and HighResolution on Windows and Mac. Due
do the difference between ScreenResolution and HighResolution, use
of this value may lead to non-portable printer code.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>QPrinter.HighResolution</tt></td>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>2</tt></td>
<td class="topAlign">On Windows, sets the printer resolution to
that defined for the printer in use. For PostScript printing, sets
the resolution of the PostScript driver to 1200 dpi.</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p><b>Note:</b> When rendering text on a <a href="qprinter.html">QPrinter</a> device, it is important to realize
that the size of text, when specified in points, is independent of
the resolution specified for the device itself. Therefore, it may
be useful to specify the font size in pixels when combining text
with graphics to ensure that their relative sizes are what you
expect.</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="PrinterState-enum" />QPrinter.PrinterState</h3><table class="valuelist">
<tr>
<th class="tblConst">Constant</th>
<th class="tblVal">Value</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>QPrinter.Idle</tt></td>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>0</tt></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>QPrinter.Active</tt></td>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>1</tt></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>QPrinter.Aborted</tt></td>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>2</tt></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>QPrinter.Error</tt></td>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>3</tt></td>
</tr>
</table>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="PrintRange-enum" />QPrinter.PrintRange</h3><p>Used to specify the print range selection option.</p>
<table class="valuelist">
<tr class="odd" valign="top">
<th class="tblConst">Constant</th>
<th class="tblval">Value</th>
<th class="tbldscr">Description</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>QPrinter.AllPages</tt></td>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>0</tt></td>
<td class="topAlign">All pages should be printed.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>QPrinter.Selection</tt></td>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>1</tt></td>
<td class="topAlign">Only the selection should be printed.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>QPrinter.PageRange</tt></td>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>2</tt></td>
<td class="topAlign">The specified page range should be
printed.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>QPrinter.CurrentPage</tt></td>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>3</tt></td>
<td class="topAlign">Only the current page should be printed.</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p><b>See also</b> <a href="qabstractprintdialog.html#PrintRange-enum">QAbstractPrintDialog.PrintRange</a>.</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="Unit-enum" />QPrinter.Unit</h3><p>This enum type is used to specify the measurement unit for page
and paper sizes.</p>
<table class="valuelist">
<tr>
<th class="tblConst">Constant</th>
<th class="tblVal">Value</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>QPrinter.Millimeter</tt></td>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>0</tt></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>QPrinter.Point</tt></td>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>1</tt></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>QPrinter.Inch</tt></td>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>2</tt></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>QPrinter.Pica</tt></td>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>3</tt></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>QPrinter.Didot</tt></td>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>4</tt></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>QPrinter.Cicero</tt></td>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>5</tt></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>QPrinter.DevicePixel</tt></td>
<td class="topAlign"><tt>6</tt></td>
</tr>
</table>
<p>Note the difference between Point and DevicePixel. The Point
unit is defined to be 1/72th of an inch, while the DevicePixel unit
is resolution dependant and is based on the actual pixels, or dots,
on the printer.</p>
<p>This enum was introduced or modified in Qt 4.4.</p>
<hr /><h2>Method Documentation</h2><h3 class="fn"><a name="QPrinter" />QPrinter.__init__ (<i>self</i>, <a href="qprinter.html#PrinterMode-enum">PrinterMode</a> <i>mode</i> = QPrinter.ScreenResolution)</h3><p>Creates a new printer object with the given <i>mode</i>.</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="QPrinter-2" />QPrinter.__init__ (<i>self</i>, <a href="qprinterinfo.html">QPrinterInfo</a> <i>printer</i>, <a href="qprinter.html#PrinterMode-enum">PrinterMode</a> <i>mode</i> = QPrinter.ScreenResolution)</h3><p>Creates a new printer object with the given <i>printer</i> and
<i>mode</i>.</p>
<p>This function was introduced in Qt 4.4.</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="abort" />bool QPrinter.abort (<i>self</i>)</h3><p>Aborts the current print run. Returns true if the print run was
successfully aborted and <a href="qprinter.html#printerState">printerState</a>() will return
<a href="qprinter.html#PrinterState-enum">QPrinter.Aborted</a>;
otherwise returns false.</p>
<p>It is not always possible to abort a print job. For example, all
the data has gone to the printer but the printer cannot or will not
cancel the job when asked to.</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="actualNumCopies" />int QPrinter.actualNumCopies (<i>self</i>)</h3><h3 class="fn"><a name="collateCopies" />bool QPrinter.collateCopies (<i>self</i>)</h3><p>Returns true if collation is turned on when multiple copies is
selected. Returns false if it is turned off when multiple copies is
selected. When collating is turned off the printing of each
individual page will be repeated the <a class="obsolete" href="qprinter-obsolete.html#numCopies">numCopies</a>()
amount before the next page is started. With collating turned on
all pages are printed before the next copy of those pages is
started.</p>
<p>This function was introduced in Qt 4.1.</p>
<p><b>See also</b> <a href="qprinter.html#setCollateCopies">setCollateCopies</a>().</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="colorMode" /><a href="qprinter.html#ColorMode-enum">ColorMode</a> QPrinter.colorMode (<i>self</i>)</h3><p>Returns the current color mode.</p>
<p><b>See also</b> <a href="qprinter.html#setColorMode">setColorMode</a>().</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="copyCount" />int QPrinter.copyCount (<i>self</i>)</h3><p>Returns the number of copies that will be printed. The default
value is 1.</p>
<p>This function was introduced in Qt 4.7.</p>
<p><b>See also</b> <a href="qprinter.html#setCopyCount">setCopyCount</a>() and <a href="qprinter.html#supportsMultipleCopies">supportsMultipleCopies</a>().</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="creator" />QString QPrinter.creator (<i>self</i>)</h3><p>Returns the name of the application that created the
document.</p>
<p><b>See also</b> <a href="qprinter.html#setCreator">setCreator</a>().</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="docName" />QString QPrinter.docName (<i>self</i>)</h3><p>Returns the document name.</p>
<p><b>See also</b> <a href="qprinter.html#setDocName">setDocName</a>() and <a href="qprintengine.html#PrintEnginePropertyKey-enum">QPrintEngine.PrintEnginePropertyKey</a>.</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="doubleSidedPrinting" />bool QPrinter.doubleSidedPrinting (<i>self</i>)</h3><p>Returns true if double side printing is enabled.</p>
<p>Currently this option is only supported on X11.</p>
<p>This function was introduced in Qt 4.2.</p>
<p><b>See also</b> <a href="qprinter.html#setDoubleSidedPrinting">setDoubleSidedPrinting</a>().</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="duplex" /><a href="qprinter.html#DuplexMode-enum">DuplexMode</a> QPrinter.duplex (<i>self</i>)</h3><p>Returns the current duplex mode.</p>
<p>Currently this option is only supported on X11.</p>
<p>This function was introduced in Qt 4.4.</p>
<p><b>See also</b> <a href="qprinter.html#setDuplex">setDuplex</a>().</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="fontEmbeddingEnabled" />bool QPrinter.fontEmbeddingEnabled (<i>self</i>)</h3><p>Returns true if font embedding is enabled.</p>
<p>Currently this option is only supported on X11.</p>
<p>This function was introduced in Qt 4.1.</p>
<p><b>See also</b> <a href="qprinter.html#setFontEmbeddingEnabled">setFontEmbeddingEnabled</a>().</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="fromPage" />int QPrinter.fromPage (<i>self</i>)</h3><p>Returns the number of the first page in a range of pages to be
printed (the "from page" setting). Pages in a document are numbered
according to the convention that the first page is page 1.</p>
<p>By default, this function returns a special value of 0, meaning
that the "from page" setting is unset.</p>
<p><b>Note:</b> If fromPage() and <a href="qprinter.html#toPage">toPage</a>() both return 0, this indicates
that <i>the whole document will be printed</i>.</p>
<p>This function was introduced in Qt 4.1.</p>
<p><b>See also</b> <a href="qprinter.html#setFromTo">setFromTo</a>() and <a href="qprinter.html#toPage">toPage</a>().</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="fullPage" />bool QPrinter.fullPage (<i>self</i>)</h3><p>Returns true if the origin of the printer's coordinate system is
at the corner of the page and false if it is at the edge of the
printable area.</p>
<p>See <a href="qprinter.html#setFullPage">setFullPage</a>() for
details and caveats.</p>
<p><b>See also</b> <a href="qprinter.html#setFullPage">setFullPage</a>() and <a href="qprinter.html#PaperSize-enum">PaperSize</a>.</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="getPageMargins" />(float <i>left</i>, float <i>top</i>, float <i>right</i>, float <i>bottom</i>) QPrinter.getPageMargins (<i>self</i>, <a href="qprinter.html#Unit-enum">Unit</a> <i>unit</i>)</h3><p>Returns the page margins for this printer in <i>left</i>,
<i>top</i>, <i>right</i>, <i>bottom</i>. The unit of the returned
margins are specified with the <i>unit</i> parameter.</p>
<p>This function was introduced in Qt 4.4.</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="isValid" />bool QPrinter.isValid (<i>self</i>)</h3><p>Returns true if the printer currently selected is a valid
printer in the system, or a pure PDF/PostScript printer; otherwise
returns false.</p>
<p>To detect other failures check the output of <a href="qpainter.html#begin">QPainter.begin</a>() or <a href="qprinter.html#newPage">QPrinter.newPage</a>().</p>
<pre class="cpp">
<span class="type"><a href="qprinter.html">QPrinter</a></span> printer;
printer<span class="operator">.</span>setOutputFormat(<span class="type"><a href="qprinter.html">QPrinter</a></span><span class="operator">.</span>PdfFormat);
printer<span class="operator">.</span>setOutputFileName(<span class="string">"/foobar/nonwritable.pdf"</span>);
<span class="type"><a href="qpainter.html">QPainter</a></span> painter;
<span class="keyword">if</span> (<span class="operator">!</span> painter<span class="operator">.</span>begin(<span class="operator">&</span>printer)) { <span class="comment">// failed to open file</span>
<a href="qtcore.html#qWarning">qWarning</a>(<span class="string">"failed to open file, is it writable?"</span>);
<span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="number">1</span>;
}
painter<span class="operator">.</span>drawText(<span class="number">10</span><span class="operator">,</span> <span class="number">10</span><span class="operator">,</span> <span class="string">"Test"</span>);
<span class="keyword">if</span> (<span class="operator">!</span> printer<span class="operator">.</span>newPage()) {
<a href="qtcore.html#qWarning">qWarning</a>(<span class="string">"failed in flushing page to disk, disk full?"</span>);
<span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="number">1</span>;
}
painter<span class="operator">.</span>drawText(<span class="number">10</span><span class="operator">,</span> <span class="number">10</span><span class="operator">,</span> <span class="string">"Test 2"</span>);
painter<span class="operator">.</span>end();
</pre>
<p>This function was introduced in Qt 4.4.</p>
<p><b>See also</b> <a href="qprinter.html#setPrinterName">setPrinterName</a>().</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="metric" />int QPrinter.metric (<i>self</i>, <a href="qpaintdevice.html#PaintDeviceMetric-enum">QPaintDevice.PaintDeviceMetric</a>)</h3><h3 class="fn"><a name="newPage" />bool QPrinter.newPage (<i>self</i>)</h3><p>Tells the printer to eject the current page and to continue
printing on a new page. Returns true if this was successful;
otherwise returns false.</p>
<p>Calling newPage() on an inactive <a href="qprinter.html">QPrinter</a> object will always fail.</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="numCopies" />int QPrinter.numCopies (<i>self</i>)</h3><h3 class="fn"><a name="orientation" /><a href="qprinter.html#Orientation-enum">Orientation</a> QPrinter.orientation (<i>self</i>)</h3><p>Returns the orientation setting. This is driver-dependent, but
is usually <a href="qprinter.html#Orientation-enum">QPrinter.Portrait</a>.</p>
<p><b>See also</b> <a href="qprinter.html#setOrientation">setOrientation</a>().</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="outputFileName" />QString QPrinter.outputFileName (<i>self</i>)</h3><p>Returns the name of the output file. By default, this is an
empty string (indicating that the printer shouldn't print to
file).</p>
<p><b>See also</b> <a href="qprinter.html#setOutputFileName">setOutputFileName</a>() and
<a href="qprintengine.html#PrintEnginePropertyKey-enum">QPrintEngine.PrintEnginePropertyKey</a>.</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="outputFormat" /><a href="qprinter.html#OutputFormat-enum">OutputFormat</a> QPrinter.outputFormat (<i>self</i>)</h3><p>Returns the output format for this printer.</p>
<p>This function was introduced in Qt 4.1.</p>
<p><b>See also</b> <a href="qprinter.html#setOutputFormat">setOutputFormat</a>().</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="pageOrder" /><a href="qprinter.html#PageOrder-enum">PageOrder</a> QPrinter.pageOrder (<i>self</i>)</h3><p>Returns the current page order.</p>
<p>The default page order is <tt>FirstPageFirst</tt>.</p>
<p><b>See also</b> <a href="qprinter.html#setPageOrder">setPageOrder</a>().</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="pageRect" /><a href="qrect.html">QRect</a> QPrinter.pageRect (<i>self</i>)</h3><p>Returns the page's rectangle; this is usually smaller than the
<a href="qprinter.html#paperRect">paperRect</a>() since the page
normally has margins between its borders and the paper.</p>
<p>The unit of the returned rectangle is <a href="qprinter.html#Unit-enum">DevicePixel</a>.</p>
<p><b>See also</b> <a href="qprinter.html#paperSize">paperSize</a>().</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="pageRect-2" /><a href="qrectf.html">QRectF</a> QPrinter.pageRect (<i>self</i>, <a href="qprinter.html#Unit-enum">Unit</a>)</h3><p>Returns the page's rectangle in <i>unit</i>; this is usually
smaller than the <a href="qprinter.html#paperRect">paperRect</a>()
since the page normally has margins between its borders and the
paper.</p>
<p>This function was introduced in Qt 4.4.</p>
<p><b>See also</b> <a href="qprinter.html#paperSize">paperSize</a>().</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="pageSize" /><a href="qprinter.html#PageSize-enum">PageSize</a> QPrinter.pageSize (<i>self</i>)</h3><h3 class="fn"><a name="paintEngine" /><a href="qpaintengine.html">QPaintEngine</a> QPrinter.paintEngine (<i>self</i>)</h3><p>Reimplemented from <a href="qpaintdevice.html#paintEngine">QPaintDevice.paintEngine</a>().</p>
<p>Returns the paint engine used by the printer.</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="paperRect" /><a href="qrect.html">QRect</a> QPrinter.paperRect (<i>self</i>)</h3><p>Returns the paper's rectangle; this is usually larger than the
<a href="qprinter.html#pageRect">pageRect</a>().</p>
<p>The unit of the returned rectangle is <a href="qprinter.html#Unit-enum">DevicePixel</a>.</p>
<p><b>See also</b> <a href="qprinter.html#pageRect">pageRect</a>().</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="paperRect-2" /><a href="qrectf.html">QRectF</a> QPrinter.paperRect (<i>self</i>, <a href="qprinter.html#Unit-enum">Unit</a>)</h3><p>Returns the paper's rectangle in <i>unit</i>; this is usually
larger than the <a href="qprinter.html#pageRect">pageRect</a>().</p>
<p>This function was introduced in Qt 4.4.</p>
<p><b>See also</b> <a href="qprinter.html#pageRect">pageRect</a>().</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="paperSize" /><a href="qprinter.html#PageSize-enum">PageSize</a> QPrinter.paperSize (<i>self</i>)</h3><p>Returns the printer paper size. The default value is
driver-dependent.</p>
<p>This function was introduced in Qt 4.4.</p>
<p><b>See also</b> <a href="qprinter.html#setPaperSize">setPaperSize</a>(), <a href="qprinter.html#pageRect">pageRect</a>(), and <a href="qprinter.html#paperRect">paperRect</a>().</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="paperSize-2" /><a href="qsizef.html">QSizeF</a> QPrinter.paperSize (<i>self</i>, <a href="qprinter.html#Unit-enum">Unit</a> <i>unit</i>)</h3><p>Returns the paper size in <i>unit</i>.</p>
<p>This function was introduced in Qt 4.4.</p>
<p><b>See also</b> <a href="qprinter.html#setPaperSize">setPaperSize</a>().</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="paperSource" /><a href="qprinter.html#PaperSource-enum">PaperSource</a> QPrinter.paperSource (<i>self</i>)</h3><p>Returns the printer's paper source. This is <tt>Manual</tt> or a
printer tray or paper cassette.</p>
<p><b>See also</b> <a href="qprinter.html#setPaperSource">setPaperSource</a>().</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="printEngine" /><a href="qprintengine.html">QPrintEngine</a> QPrinter.printEngine (<i>self</i>)</h3><p>Returns the print engine used by the printer.</p>
<p>This function was introduced in Qt 4.1.</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="printerName" />QString QPrinter.printerName (<i>self</i>)</h3><p>Returns the printer name. This value is initially set to the
name of the default printer.</p>
<p><b>See also</b> <a href="qprinter.html#setPrinterName">setPrinterName</a>().</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="printerSelectionOption" />QString QPrinter.printerSelectionOption (<i>self</i>)</h3><p>Returns the printer options selection string. This is useful
only if the print command has been explicitly set.</p>
<p>The default value (an empty string) implies that the printer
should be selected in a system-dependent manner.</p>
<p>Any other value implies that the given value should be used.</p>
<p><b>Warning:</b> This function is not available on Windows.</p>
<p><b>See also</b> <a href="qprinter.html#setPrinterSelectionOption">setPrinterSelectionOption</a>().</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="printerState" /><a href="qprinter.html#PrinterState-enum">PrinterState</a> QPrinter.printerState (<i>self</i>)</h3><p>Returns the current state of the printer. This may not always be
accurate (for example if the printer doesn't have the capability of
reporting its state to the operating system).</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="printProgram" />QString QPrinter.printProgram (<i>self</i>)</h3><p>Returns the name of the program that sends the print output to
the printer.</p>
<p>The default is to return an empty string; meaning that <a href="qprinter.html">QPrinter</a> will try to be smart in a
system-dependent way. On X11 only, you can set it to something
different to use a specific print program. On the other platforms,
this returns an empty string.</p>
<p><b>See also</b> <a href="qprinter.html#setPrintProgram">setPrintProgram</a>() and <a href="qprinter.html#setPrinterSelectionOption">setPrinterSelectionOption</a>().</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="printRange" /><a href="qprinter.html#PrintRange-enum">PrintRange</a> QPrinter.printRange (<i>self</i>)</h3><p>Returns the page range of the <a href="qprinter.html">QPrinter</a>. After the print setup dialog has been
opened, this function returns the value selected by the user.</p>
<p>This function was introduced in Qt 4.1.</p>
<p><b>See also</b> <a href="qprinter.html#setPrintRange">setPrintRange</a>().</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="resolution" />int QPrinter.resolution (<i>self</i>)</h3><p>Returns the current assumed resolution of the printer, as set by
<a href="qprinter.html#setResolution">setResolution</a>() or by the
printer driver.</p>
<p><b>See also</b> <a href="qprinter.html#setResolution">setResolution</a>().</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="setCollateCopies" />QPrinter.setCollateCopies (<i>self</i>, bool <i>collate</i>)</h3><p>Sets the default value for collation checkbox when the print
dialog appears. If <i>collate</i> is true, it will enable <a class="compat" href="qprinter-qt3.html#setCollateCopiesEnabled">setCollateCopiesEnabled</a>(). The default value is false.
This value will be changed by what the user presses in the print
dialog.</p>
<p>This function was introduced in Qt 4.1.</p>
<p><b>See also</b> <a href="qprinter.html#collateCopies">collateCopies</a>().</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="setColorMode" />QPrinter.setColorMode (<i>self</i>, <a href="qprinter.html#ColorMode-enum">ColorMode</a>)</h3><p>Sets the printer's color mode to <i>newColorMode</i>, which can
be either <tt>Color</tt> or <tt>GrayScale</tt>.</p>
<p><b>See also</b> <a href="qprinter.html#colorMode">colorMode</a>().</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="setCopyCount" />QPrinter.setCopyCount (<i>self</i>, int)</h3><p>Sets the number of copies to be printed to <i>count</i>.</p>
<p>The printer driver reads this setting and prints the specified
number of copies.</p>
<p>This function was introduced in Qt 4.7.</p>
<p><b>See also</b> <a href="qprinter.html#copyCount">copyCount</a>() and <a href="qprinter.html#supportsMultipleCopies">supportsMultipleCopies</a>().</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="setCreator" />QPrinter.setCreator (<i>self</i>, QString)</h3><p>Sets the name of the application that created the document to
<i>creator</i>.</p>
<p>This function is only applicable to the X11 version of Qt. If no
creator name is specified, the creator will be set to "Qt" followed
by some version number.</p>
<p><b>See also</b> <a href="qprinter.html#creator">creator</a>().</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="setDocName" />QPrinter.setDocName (<i>self</i>, QString)</h3><p>Sets the document name to <i>name</i>.</p>
<p>On X11, the document name is for example used as the default
output filename in <a href="qprintdialog.html">QPrintDialog</a>.
Note that the document name does not affect the file name if the
printer is printing to a file. Use the setOutputFile() function for
this.</p>
<p><b>See also</b> <a href="qprinter.html#docName">docName</a>()
and <a href="qprintengine.html#PrintEnginePropertyKey-enum">QPrintEngine.PrintEnginePropertyKey</a>.</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="setDoubleSidedPrinting" />QPrinter.setDoubleSidedPrinting (<i>self</i>, bool <i>enable</i>)</h3><p>Enables double sided printing if <i>doubleSided</i> is true;
otherwise disables it.</p>
<p>Currently this option is only supported on X11.</p>
<p>This function was introduced in Qt 4.2.</p>
<p><b>See also</b> <a href="qprinter.html#doubleSidedPrinting">doubleSidedPrinting</a>().</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="setDuplex" />QPrinter.setDuplex (<i>self</i>, <a href="qprinter.html#DuplexMode-enum">DuplexMode</a> <i>duplex</i>)</h3><p>Enables double sided printing based on the <i>duplex</i>
mode.</p>
<p>Currently this option is only supported on X11.</p>
<p>This function was introduced in Qt 4.4.</p>
<p><b>See also</b> <a href="qprinter.html#duplex">duplex</a>().</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="setEngines" />QPrinter.setEngines (<i>self</i>, <a href="qprintengine.html">QPrintEngine</a> <i>printEngine</i>, <a href="qpaintengine.html">QPaintEngine</a> <i>paintEngine</i>)</h3><p>This function is used by subclasses of <a href="qprinter.html">QPrinter</a> to specify custom print and paint
engines (<i>printEngine</i> and <i>paintEngine</i>,
respectively).</p>
<p><a href="qprinter.html">QPrinter</a> does not take ownership of
the engines, so you need to manage these engine instances
yourself.</p>
<p>Note that changing the engines will reset the printer state and
all its properties.</p>
<p>This function was introduced in Qt 4.1.</p>
<p><b>See also</b> <a href="qprinter.html#printEngine">printEngine</a>(), <a href="qprinter.html#paintEngine">paintEngine</a>(), and <a href="qprinter.html#setOutputFormat">setOutputFormat</a>().</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="setFontEmbeddingEnabled" />QPrinter.setFontEmbeddingEnabled (<i>self</i>, bool <i>enable</i>)</h3><p>Enabled or disables font embedding depending on
<i>enable</i>.</p>
<p>Currently this option is only supported on X11.</p>
<p>This function was introduced in Qt 4.1.</p>
<p><b>See also</b> <a href="qprinter.html#fontEmbeddingEnabled">fontEmbeddingEnabled</a>().</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="setFromTo" />QPrinter.setFromTo (<i>self</i>, int <i>fromPage</i>, int <i>toPage</i>)</h3><p>Sets the range of pages to be printed to cover the pages with
numbers specified by <i>from</i> and <i>to</i>, where <i>from</i>
corresponds to the first page in the range and <i>to</i>
corresponds to the last.</p>
<p><b>Note:</b> Pages in a document are numbered according to the
convention that the first page is page 1. However, if <i>from</i>
and <i>to</i> are both set to 0, the <i>whole document will be
printed</i>.</p>
<p>This function is mostly used to set a default value that the
user can override in the print dialog when you call <a class="compat" href="qprinter-qt3.html#setup">setup</a>().</p>
<p>This function was introduced in Qt 4.1.</p>
<p><b>See also</b> <a href="qprinter.html#fromPage">fromPage</a>()
and <a href="qprinter.html#toPage">toPage</a>().</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="setFullPage" />QPrinter.setFullPage (<i>self</i>, bool)</h3><p>If <i>fp</i> is true, enables support for painting over the
entire page; otherwise restricts painting to the printable area
reported by the device.</p>
<p>By default, full page printing is disabled. In this case, the
origin of the <a href="qprinter.html">QPrinter</a>'s coordinate
system coincides with the top-left corner of the printable
area.</p>
<p>If full page printing is enabled, the origin of the <a href="qprinter.html">QPrinter</a>'s coordinate system coincides with the
top-left corner of the paper itself. In this case, the <a href="qpaintdevice.html#PaintDeviceMetric-enum">device metrics</a> will
report the exact same dimensions as indicated by <a href="qprinter.html#PaperSize-enum">PaperSize</a>. It may not be
possible to print on the entire physical page because of the
printer's margins, so the application must account for the margins
itself.</p>
<p><b>See also</b> <a href="qprinter.html#fullPage">fullPage</a>(),
<a href="qprinter.html#setPaperSize">setPaperSize</a>(), <a href="qpaintdevice.html#width">width</a>(), <a href="qpaintdevice.html#height">height</a>(), and <a href="printing.html">Printing with Qt</a>.</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="setNumCopies" />QPrinter.setNumCopies (<i>self</i>, int)</h3><h3 class="fn"><a name="setOrientation" />QPrinter.setOrientation (<i>self</i>, <a href="qprinter.html#Orientation-enum">Orientation</a>)</h3><p>Sets the print orientation to <i>orientation</i>.</p>
<p>The orientation can be either <a href="qprinter.html#Orientation-enum">QPrinter.Portrait</a> or <a href="qprinter.html#Orientation-enum">QPrinter.Landscape</a>.</p>
<p>The printer driver reads this setting and prints using the
specified orientation.</p>
<p>On Windows, this option can be changed while printing and will
take effect from the next call to <a href="qprinter.html#newPage">newPage</a>().</p>
<p>On Mac OS X, changing the orientation during a print job has no
effect.</p>
<p><b>See also</b> <a href="qprinter.html#orientation">orientation</a>().</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="setOutputFileName" />QPrinter.setOutputFileName (<i>self</i>, QString)</h3><p>Sets the name of the output file to <i>fileName</i>.</p>
<p>Setting a null or empty name (0 or "") disables printing to a
file. Setting a non-empty name enables printing to a file.</p>
<p>This can change the value of <a href="qprinter.html#outputFormat">outputFormat</a>(). If the file name
has the suffix ".ps" then PostScript is automatically selected as
output format. If the file name has the ".pdf" suffix PDF is
generated. If the file name has a suffix other than ".ps" and
".pdf", the output format used is the one set with <a href="qprinter.html#setOutputFormat">setOutputFormat</a>().</p>
<p><a href="qprinter.html">QPrinter</a> uses Qt's cross-platform
PostScript or PDF print engines respectively. If you can produce
this format natively, for example Mac OS X can generate PDF's from
its print engine, set the output format back to <a href="qprinter.html#OutputFormat-enum">NativeFormat</a>.</p>
<p><b>See also</b> <a href="qprinter.html#outputFileName">outputFileName</a>(), <a class="compat" href="qprinter-qt3.html#setOutputToFile">setOutputToFile</a>(), and <a href="qprinter.html#setOutputFormat">setOutputFormat</a>().</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="setOutputFormat" />QPrinter.setOutputFormat (<i>self</i>, <a href="qprinter.html#OutputFormat-enum">OutputFormat</a> <i>format</i>)</h3><p>Sets the output format for this printer to <i>format</i>.</p>
<p>This function was introduced in Qt 4.1.</p>
<p><b>See also</b> <a href="qprinter.html#outputFormat">outputFormat</a>().</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="setPageMargins" />QPrinter.setPageMargins (<i>self</i>, float <i>left</i>, float <i>top</i>, float <i>right</i>, float <i>bottom</i>, <a href="qprinter.html#Unit-enum">Unit</a> <i>unit</i>)</h3><p>This function sets the <i>left</i>, <i>top</i>, <i>right</i> and
<i>bottom</i> page margins for this printer. The unit of the
margins are specified with the <i>unit</i> parameter.</p>
<p>This function was introduced in Qt 4.4.</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="setPageOrder" />QPrinter.setPageOrder (<i>self</i>, <a href="qprinter.html#PageOrder-enum">PageOrder</a>)</h3><p>Sets the page order to <i>pageOrder</i>.</p>
<p>The page order can be <a href="qprinter.html#PageOrder-enum">QPrinter.FirstPageFirst</a> or
<a href="qprinter.html#PageOrder-enum">QPrinter.LastPageFirst</a>.
The application is responsible for reading the page order and
printing accordingly.</p>
<p>This function is mostly useful for setting a default value that
the user can override in the print dialog.</p>
<p>This function is only supported under X11.</p>
<p><b>See also</b> <a href="qprinter.html#pageOrder">pageOrder</a>().</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="setPageSize" />QPrinter.setPageSize (<i>self</i>, <a href="qprinter.html#PageSize-enum">PageSize</a>)</h3><h3 class="fn"><a name="setPaperSize" />QPrinter.setPaperSize (<i>self</i>, <a href="qprinter.html#PageSize-enum">PageSize</a>)</h3><p>Sets the printer paper size to <i>newPaperSize</i> if that size
is supported. The result is undefined if <i>newPaperSize</i> is not
supported.</p>
<p>The default paper size is driver-dependent.</p>
<p>This function is useful mostly for setting a default value that
the user can override in the print dialog.</p>
<p>This function was introduced in Qt 4.4.</p>
<p><b>See also</b> <a href="qprinter.html#paperSize">paperSize</a>(), <a href="qprinter.html#PaperSize-enum">PaperSize</a>, <a href="qprinter.html#setFullPage">setFullPage</a>(), <a href="qprinter.html#setResolution">setResolution</a>(), <a href="qprinter.html#pageRect">pageRect</a>(), and <a href="qprinter.html#paperRect">paperRect</a>().</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="setPaperSize-2" />QPrinter.setPaperSize (<i>self</i>, <a href="qsizef.html">QSizeF</a> <i>paperSize</i>, <a href="qprinter.html#Unit-enum">Unit</a> <i>unit</i>)</h3><p>Sets the paper size based on <i>paperSize</i> in
<i>unit</i>.</p>
<p>This function was introduced in Qt 4.4.</p>
<p><b>See also</b> <a href="qprinter.html#paperSize">paperSize</a>().</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="setPaperSource" />QPrinter.setPaperSource (<i>self</i>, <a href="qprinter.html#PaperSource-enum">PaperSource</a>)</h3><p>Sets the paper source setting to <i>source</i>.</p>
<p>Windows only: This option can be changed while printing and will
take effect from the next call to <a href="qprinter.html#newPage">newPage</a>()</p>
<p><b>See also</b> <a href="qprinter.html#paperSource">paperSource</a>().</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="setPrinterName" />QPrinter.setPrinterName (<i>self</i>, QString)</h3><p>Sets the printer name to <i>name</i>.</p>
<p><b>See also</b> <a href="qprinter.html#printerName">printerName</a>() and <a href="qprinter.html#isValid">isValid</a>().</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="setPrinterSelectionOption" />QPrinter.setPrinterSelectionOption (<i>self</i>, QString)</h3><p>Sets the printer to use <i>option</i> to select the printer.
<i>option</i> is null by default (which implies that Qt should be
smart enough to guess correctly), but it can be set to other values
to use a specific printer selection option.</p>
<p>If the printer selection option is changed while the printer is
active, the current print job may or may not be affected.</p>
<p><b>Warning:</b> This function is not available on Windows.</p>
<p><b>See also</b> <a href="qprinter.html#printerSelectionOption">printerSelectionOption</a>().</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="setPrintProgram" />QPrinter.setPrintProgram (<i>self</i>, QString)</h3><p>Sets the name of the program that should do the print job to
<i>printProg</i>.</p>
<p>On X11, this function sets the program to call with the
PostScript output. On other platforms, it has no effect.</p>
<p><b>See also</b> <a href="qprinter.html#printProgram">printProgram</a>().</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="setPrintRange" />QPrinter.setPrintRange (<i>self</i>, <a href="qprinter.html#PrintRange-enum">PrintRange</a> <i>range</i>)</h3><p>Sets the print range option in to be <i>range</i>.</p>
<p>This function was introduced in Qt 4.1.</p>
<p><b>See also</b> <a href="qprinter.html#printRange">printRange</a>().</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="setResolution" />QPrinter.setResolution (<i>self</i>, int)</h3><p>Requests that the printer prints at <i>dpi</i> or as near to
<i>dpi</i> as possible.</p>
<p>This setting affects the coordinate system as returned by, for
example <a href="qpainter.html#viewport">QPainter.viewport</a>().</p>
<p>This function must be called before <a href="qpainter.html#begin">QPainter.begin</a>() to have an effect on
all platforms.</p>
<p><b>See also</b> <a href="qprinter.html#resolution">resolution</a>() and <a href="qprinter.html#setPaperSize">setPaperSize</a>().</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="supportedResolutions" />list-of-int QPrinter.supportedResolutions (<i>self</i>)</h3><p>Returns a list of the resolutions (a list of dots-per-inch
integers) that the printer says it supports.</p>
<p>For X11 where all printing is directly to postscript, this
function will always return a one item list containing only the
postscript resolution, i.e., 72 (72 dpi -- but see <a href="qprinter.html#PrinterMode-enum">PrinterMode</a>).</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="supportsMultipleCopies" />bool QPrinter.supportsMultipleCopies (<i>self</i>)</h3><p>Returns true if the printer supports printing multiple copies of
the same document in one job; otherwise false is returned.</p>
<p>On most systems this function will return true. However, on X11
systems that do not support CUPS, this function will return false.
That means the application has to handle the number of copies by
printing the same document the required number of times.</p>
<p>This function was introduced in Qt 4.7.</p>
<p><b>See also</b> <a href="qprinter.html#setCopyCount">setCopyCount</a>() and <a href="qprinter.html#copyCount">copyCount</a>().</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="toPage" />int QPrinter.toPage (<i>self</i>)</h3><p>Returns the number of the last page in a range of pages to be
printed (the "to page" setting). Pages in a document are numbered
according to the convention that the first page is page 1.</p>
<p>By default, this function returns a special value of 0, meaning
that the "to page" setting is unset.</p>
<p><b>Note:</b> If <a href="qprinter.html#fromPage">fromPage</a>()
and toPage() both return 0, this indicates that <i>the whole
document will be printed</i>.</p>
<p>The programmer is responsible for reading this setting and
printing accordingly.</p>
<p>This function was introduced in Qt 4.1.</p>
<p><b>See also</b> <a href="qprinter.html#setFromTo">setFromTo</a>() and <a href="qprinter.html#fromPage">fromPage</a>().</p>
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