Label Printing From C# - Document Size Is Too Large For Printer

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Solution 1

The problem was not a programming problem but a printer configuration problem. By default the printer was configured to use a different paper size other than the one I was using. Thanks for all your help.

Solution 2

Thanks. Your comment helped me with a similar issue. It appears that these Brother label printers plainly ignore the PageSettings properties.. once you have it working try putting some wild values in there. Completely ignored - crazy! Set a large enough print area and ensure that you are drawing within the right rectangle and you'll be fine.

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Updated on September 16, 2022

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    slickboy about 1 year

    I'm developing an application which must print labels. The label printer i'm using is a Brother QL-570. The label width is 66mm and the length of the labels needs to be approximately 45mm. The problem I'm having is that I am unable to configure the application to actually print the labels. Everytime I do so I receive a warning stating that the document size is too large for the printer. No matter what size I attempt to change the PrintDocument size to I always receieve a warning stating that the document is 90mm x 29mm and is too large for the label printer.

    Here's just one of my attempts:

    private PrintDocument label;
    
    
    label = new PrintDocument();
    PaperSize pS = new PaperSize("Custom Size", 212, 67);
    label.DefaultPageSettings.PaperSize = pS;
    label.PrinterSettings.PrinterName = "Brother QL-570";
    label.PrinterSettings.DefaultPageSettings.PaperSize = pS;
    label.PrintPage += new PrintPageEventHandler(label_PrintPage);
    
    private void label_PrintPage(object sender, PrintPageEventArgs e)
    {
    
        SolidBrush brush = new SolidBrush(Color.Black);
        Font header = new Font(FontFamily.GenericSansSerif, 12.0F, FontStyle.Bold);
    
        e.Graphics.DrawString("Hello World", header, brush, 30, 30);
    
    }
    

    Has anyone any idea where I'm going wrong? I think I may be setting up the paper size for both the document and the printer incorrectly. I've tried numerous other paper sizes and to no avail.

    Thanks For Any Help.