[PyQt] Page setup for printer defaults

[Olivier Fournier]

Robert Norman a écrit :
> Hello PyQt group,
>
> My application uses a Brother label printer to spit out labels. I'd 
> like to do a "Page Setup", say in my preferences dialog and then save 
> the printer information in a settings so that we don't have to go 
> through a print dialog.
> Currently I go through the print dialog once then use the resulting 
> QPrinter for subsequent print operations and that works fine. I can 
> assign the printer name to QPrinter so that it at least defaults to 
> the correct printer, but I'm having trouble figuring out how to set 
> the appropriate variables to match the printer to the specific label 
> size.
> Specifically, in the print dialog, I use the properties dialog to 
> select the label size. On return I can examine things like pageSize, 
> pageRect, paperSize, paperRect but I can't seem to set pageSize and 
> can't find methods for setting the  page or paper Rect.
>
> For example, after the print dialog, pageSize returns 30 but 
> setPageSize(30) causes an invalid  type error since it expects a 
> QPrinter.PageSize enum value. 
> 1) How would you go about doing a PageSetup dialog, not Print Dialog, 
> to both select a printer and it's default properties.
> 2) What needs to be saved and how can I restore the relevant properties.
>
> I'm used to working through these issues myself, an often find that 
> once the question is asked, the answer seems to come on it's own, but 
> this time I'm stuck.
>
> Thanks
>
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hi,

if your application run with Windows XP, you can use win32 api.
you can find sample here: http://www.speechcomputing.com/node/2271

regards

olivier fournier