Programmatically setting Internet Explorer print settings for Header, Footer and Margins

The following ampersand values can be used in custom headers and footers.

• && = ampersand
• &b = right-justify
• &b&b = Text following the first "&b" in center alignment; text following the second "&b" in right-justified alignment
• &d = date (user short format)
• &D = date (user long format)
• &t = time (user preference)
• &T = time (military format)
• &p = page
• &P = number of pages
• &u = URL (or file path)
• &w = (window) title tag

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\PageSetup

• header
• footer
• margin_left
• margin_right
• margin_top
• margin_bottom
• shrink_to_fit ("yes" or "no")
• Print_Background ("yes" or "no")
• font ("font-family: KabaleMedium; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-weight: bold;")
• (unverified) printer
• (unverified) orientation ("1" =Portrait, "2" = Landscape)
• (unverified) duplex ("1" = Off, "2" = On)

 

   1:  Imports Microsoft.Win32

   2:   

   3:  Public Class Form1

   4:   

   5:      Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load

   6:          AxWebBrowser1.Navigate("http://www.bing.com")

   7:      End Sub

   8:   

   9:      Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click

  10:          Dim IERegKey As RegistryKey

  11:          Dim header, footer As String

  12:   

  13:          IERegKey = Registry.CurrentUser.OpenSubKey("Software\\Microsoft\\Internet Explorer\\PageSetup", True)

  14:          footer = IERegKey.GetValue("footer", 0)

  15:          header = IERegKey.GetValue("header", 0)

  16:   

  17:          IERegKey.SetValue("footer", "")

  18:          IERegKey.SetValue("header", "")

  19:   

  20:          AxWebBrowser1.ExecWB(SHDocVw.OLECMDID.OLECMDID_PRINT, SHDocVw.OLECMDEXECOPT.OLECMDEXECOPT_DODEFAULT)

  21:   

  22:          ' Reset the values after printing is completed

  23:          IERegKey.SetValue("footer", footer)

  24:          IERegKey.SetValue("header", header)

  25:      End Sub

  26:   

  27:  End Class

 

From http://support.microsoft.com/kb/283797/en-us
PRB: Programmatically Issuing Print Command May Not Print to Default Printer

When you select a printer in Internet Explorer (on the File menu, click Page Setup, click Printer, and choose a printer that is not the system default), your printer selection is stored in the following registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\PageSetup\printer

After you make this selection, Internet Explorer continues to use the printer value that is stored in the registry.

 

Print Templates - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa753279(VS.85).aspx