How to set Paper Size and Margins printing from a web browser control

Question

I am trying to print from a web browser control in a winform application.The matter is it sets letter as default paper size but I need A4.

Answer 1

To change the Margin size you have to edit the (HKCU) registry before printing:

string pageSetupKey = "Software\\Microsoft\\Internet Explorer\\PageSetup";
bool isWritable = true;

RegistryKey rKey = Registry.CurrentUser.OpenSubKey(pageSetupKey, isWritable);

if (stringToPrint.Contains("something"))
{
    rKey.SetValue("margin_bottom", 0.10);
    rKey.SetValue("margin_top", 0.25);
}
else
{
    //Reset old value
    rKey.SetValue("margin_bottom", 0.75);
    rKey.SetValue("margin_top", 0.75);
}

Dont forget to set it back to the default.

Ref Microsoft KB Article

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To change the Paper size you have to edit the (HKCU) registry in another place before printing:

string pageSetupKey2 = "Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Internet Settings";
isWritable = true;

rKey = Registry.CurrentUser.OpenSubKey(pageSetupKey2, isWritable);

// Use 1 for Portrait and 2 for Landccape 
rKey.SetValue("PageOrientation", 2, RegistryValueKind.DWord); 
// Specifies paper size. Valid settings are 1=letter, 5=Legal, 9=A4, 13=B5.Default setting is 1.
rKey.SetValue("PaperSize", 9, RegistryValueKind.DWord); 
// Specifies print quality
rKey.SetValue("PrintQuality ", 1, RegistryValueKind.DWord);

Ref MSDN