Methods and Properties of COM Interface

The IPrinter interface allows you to manage features of the Universal Document Converter.

Methods and Properties	Description
PrinterName	Property contains printer name. By default it is "Universal Document Converter". But if you are using Universal Document Converter as shared network printer, you should change PrinterName value to "\\Server\Universal Document Converter" before using any other IPrinter methods and properties. You can read and change this property value.
SetAsDefaultPrinter	Method sets Universal Document Converter as default printer in your system.
DefaultProfile	Property contains default profile name. You can find list of installed profiles in the Profile Manager from Universal Document Converter Printing Preferences. This property is read-only.
RemoveProfile	Method removes profile from the Universal Document Converter profiles library.
ImportProfileFromFile	Method imports profile from file to the Universal Document Converter profiles library.
ProfilesList	Property contains profiles list from the Universal Document Converter profiles library. This property is read-only.
Profile	Property contains IProfile interface object to manage profile paramenters. This property is read-only.

The IProfile interface allows you to manage parameters of the selected profile.

Methods and Properties	Description
Profile Manipulation
Name	Property contains profile name. You can read and change this property value.
Description	Property contains profile description. You can read and change this property value.
Default	Property has TRUE value when profile is default profile. You can read and change this property value.
Protected	Property has TRUE value when profile is protected. You can read and change this property value.
ExportToFile	Method exports profile to a file.
Page Setup
PageFormatesList	Property contains available page formats list (A3, A4, Letter/ANSI A, etc.). This property is read-only.
PageFormat	Property contains current page format. You can read and change this property value.
PageWidth	Property contains current page width in tenths of a millimeter. You can read and change this property value.
PageHeight	Property contains current page height in tenths of a millimeter. You can read and change this property value.
PageOrientation	Property contains current page orientation. You can read and change this property value.
PrintQualityX	Property contains current image horizontal resolution. You can read and change this property value.
PrintQualityY	Property contains current image vertical resolution. You can read and change this property value.
CropImageMargins	Property has TRUE value when the "Crop Empty Margins" feature is enabled. You can read and change this property value.
Image Settings
ImageFileFormat	Property contains ID of the current output image format (TIFF, JPG, PNG, etc.). You can read and change this property value.
ImageFileColorDepth	Property contains current color depth of the output image in bits per pixel (1, 4, 8 or 24). You can read and change this property value.
GrayScale	Property has TRUE value when "GrayScale" mode is enabled. You can read and change this property value.
DitherImage	Property has TRUE value when the "Dither Colors" feature is enabled. You can read and change this property value.
MultiPageMode	Property contains ID of the current image format mode (single images from multi-page documents, multi-page image from multi-page documents or single multi-page image from several documents). This property is accessible only for TIFF, DCX and GIF image formats. You can read and change this property value.
CompressionMethod	Property contains ID of the current image format compression method. This property is accessible only for JPEG and TIFF image formats. You can read and change this property value.
NearFramesDelay	Property contains current "Frames Delay" value. This property is accessible only for GIF image format. You can read and change this property value.
JPEGQuality	Property contains current "Jpeg Quality" value. This property is accessible only for JPEG image format and for TIFF image format with JPEG compression. You can read and change this property value.
CompressionLevel	Property contains current "Compression Level" value. This property is accessible only for PNG image format. You can read and change this property value.
Output
UsePreDefinedImageFileNameAndPath	Property has TRUE value when the pre-defined image filename and location are used. You can read and change this property value.
PreDefinedImageFilePath	Property contains current pre-defined output image file location. You can read and change this property value.
PreDefinedImageFileName	Property contains current pre-defined output image file name. You can read and change this property value.
OverwriteExistingFile	Property has TRUE value when the "Overwrite Existing Image File" feature is enabled. You can read and change this property value.
ShowProgressWnd	Property has TRUE value when the "Display Progress Dialog When Printing" feature is enabled. You can read and change this property value.
Post-print Action
PostPrintAction	Property contains ID of the current post-print action (open image in default viewer, open image with the custom application or do nothing after printing). You can read and change this property value.
PreDefinedAppPath	Property contains current pre-defined path of the "Custom Application" in post-print action. You can read and change this property value.
PreDefinedAppParameters	Property contains command line parameters for the "Custom Application" in post-print action. You can read and change this property value.