Best way to print for Windows Clients (Not Web Apps)?

Question

What is the best way to print stuff from c#/.net?

The question is in regard to single pages as well as to reports containing lots of pages.

It would be great to

Answer 1

» Sample Code to show basics of Printing in Windows Forms Applications:

    using System.Drawing.Printing;

    PrintDocument printDoc = new PrintDocument();
    printDoc.DefaultPageSettings.Landscape = true;
    printDoc.DefaultPageSettings.Margins.Left = 100; //100 = 1 inch = 2.54 cm
    printDoc.DocumentName = "My Document Name"; //this can affect name of output PDF file if printer is a PDF printer
    //printDoc.PrinterSettings.PrinterName = "CutePDF";
    printDoc.PrintPage += new PrintPageEventHandler(printDoc_PrintPage);

    PrintDialog printDialog = new PrintDialog();
    printDialog.Document = printDoc; //Document property must be set before ShowDialog()

    DialogResult dialogResult = printDialog.ShowDialog();
    if (dialogResult == DialogResult.OK)
    {
        printDoc.Print(); //start the print
    }   

    void printDoc_PrintPage(object sender, PrintPageEventArgs e)
    {
        Graphics g = e.Graphics;
        string textToPrint = ".NET Printing is easy";
        Font font = new Font("Courier New", 12);
        // e.PageBounds is total page size (does not consider margins)
        // e.MarginBounds is the portion of page inside margins
        int x1 = e.MarginBounds.Left;
        int y1 = e.MarginBounds.Top;
        int w = e.MarginBounds.Width;
        int h = e.MarginBounds.Height;

        g.DrawRectangle(Pens.Red, x1, y1, w, h); //draw a rectangle around the margins of the page, also we can use: g.DrawRectangle(Pens.Red, e.MarginBounds)
        g.DrawString(textToPrint, font, Brushes.Black, x1, y1);

        e.HasMorePages = false; //set to true to continue printing next page
    }