Printer.ColorMode Property

Gets or sets a value specifying whether the output will print in color or in monochrome on a device that supports color.

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualBasic.PowerPacks.Printing.Compatibility.VB6
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualBasic.PowerPacks.Vs (in Microsoft.VisualBasic.PowerPacks.Vs.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Property ColorMode As Short

public short ColorMode { get; set; }

public:
property short ColorMode {
    short get ();
    void set (short value);
}

member ColorMode : int16 with get, set

function get ColorMode () : short 
function set ColorMode (value : short)

Property Value

Type: System.Int16
Returns a Short.

Remarks

When the PrintAction property is set to PrintToPrinter and the current printer does not support color, this property is ignored. When the PrintAction property is set to PrintToFile, files are saved in an 8-bit Grayscale PostScript format regardless of the ColorMode value.

If you set this property after you call the Print method, a run-time exception occurs.

The following table lists the PrinterObjectConstants values that are valid for the ColorMode property.

Constant	Value	Description
vbPRCMMonochrome	1	Print output in monochrome (usually shades of black and white).
vbPRCMColor	2	Print output in color.

Note

Functions and objects in the Microsoft.VisualBasic.PowerPacks.Printing.Compatibility.VB6 namespace are provided for use by the tools for upgrading from Visual Basic 6.0 to Visual Basic. In most cases, these functions and objects duplicate functionality that you can find in other namespaces in the .NET Framework. They are necessary only when the Visual Basic 6.0 code model differs significantly from the .NET Framework implementation.

Examples

The following example checks to see whether the current printer supports color and sets the ColorMode property accordingly.

Dim pr As New Printer
Dim ps As New Printing.PrinterSettings
If ps.SupportsColor = True Then
    pr.ColorMode = vbPRCMColor
Else
    pr.ColorMode = vbPRCMMonochrome
End If

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

See Also

Reference

Printer Class

Microsoft.VisualBasic.PowerPacks.Printing.Compatibility.VB6 Namespace

Other Resources

Printer Compatibility Library

How to: Fix Upgrade Errors by Using the Printer Compatibility Library (Visual Basic)

Deploying Applications That Reference the Printer Compatibility Library