CHAPTER 20

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Printing

I’ve been writing software for many years now. Whenever the topic of adding printing features was discussed, I had one of two reactions internally. If I was working on a web-development project, I’d think, “OK, no big deal. Printer-friendly web pages are usually simple.” If I was working on a WinForms or WPF desktop application, I’d think, “Ugh.” It wasn’t rocket science to add printing support to a desktop application, but it was usually more challenging than other features that had similar value.

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