...determine the minimum margins for a printer?
Author: Thomas Stutz
uses
Printers;
type
TMargins = record
Left,
Top,
Right,
Bottom: Double
end;
procedure GetPrinterMargins(var Margins: TMargins);
var
PixelsPerInch: TPoint;
PhysPageSize: TPoint;
OffsetStart: TPoint;
PageRes: TPoint;
begin
PixelsPerInch.y := GetDeviceCaps(Printer.Handle, LOGPIXELSY);
PixelsPerInch.x := GetDeviceCaps(Printer.Handle, LOGPIXELSX);
Escape(Printer.Handle, GETPHYSPAGESIZE, 0, nil, @PhysPageSize);
Escape(Printer.Handle, GETPRINTINGOFFSET, 0, nil, @OffsetStart);
PageRes.y := GetDeviceCaps(Printer.Handle, VERTRES);
PageRes.x := GetDeviceCaps(Printer.Handle, HORZRES);
// Top Margin
Margins.Top := OffsetStart.y / PixelsPerInch.y;
// Left Margin
Margins.Left := OffsetStart.x / PixelsPerInch.x;
// Bottom Margin
Margins.Bottom := ((PhysPageSize.y - PageRes.y) / PixelsPerInch.y) -
(OffsetStart.y / PixelsPerInch.y);
// Right Margin
Margins.Right := ((PhysPageSize.x - PageRes.x) / PixelsPerInch.x) -
(OffsetStart.x / PixelsPerInch.x);
end;
function InchToCm(Pixel: Single): Single;
// Convert inch to Centimeter
begin
Result := Pixel * 2.54
end;
procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
Margins: TMargins;
begin
GetPrinterMargins(Margins);
ShowMessage(Format('Margins: (Left: %1.3f, Top: %1.3f, Right: %1.3f, Bottom: %1.3f)',
[InchToCm(Margins.Left),
InchToCm(Margins.Top),
InchToCm(Margins.Right),
InchToCm(Margins.Bottom)]));
end;
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