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PyQt5 - Print paginated QTableWidget
from PyQt5 import QtWidgets, QtCore, QtPrintSupport, QtGui
class Window(QtWidgets.QWidget):
def __init__(self):
QtWidgets.QWidget.__init__(self)
self.setWindowTitle(self.tr('Document Printer'))
self.table = QtWidgets.QTableWidget(200, 5, self)
for row in range(self.table.rowCount()):
for col in range(self.table.columnCount()):
item = QtWidgets.QTableWidgetItem('(%d, %d)' % (row, col))
item.setTextAlignment(QtCore.Qt.AlignCenter)
self.table.setItem(row, col, item)
self.table.setHorizontalHeaderLabels(
'SKU #|NAME|DESCRIPTION|QUANTITY|PRICE'.split('|'))
self.buttonPrint = QtWidgets.QPushButton('Print', self)
self.buttonPrint.clicked.connect(self.handlePrint)
self.buttonPreview = QtWidgets.QPushButton('Preview', self)
self.buttonPreview.clicked.connect(self.handlePreview)
layout = QtWidgets.QGridLayout(self)
layout.addWidget(self.table, 0, 0, 1, 2)
layout.addWidget(self.buttonPrint, 1, 0)
layout.addWidget(self.buttonPreview, 1, 1)
def handlePrint(self):
dialog = QtPrintSupport.QPrintDialog()
if dialog.exec_() == QtWidgets.QDialog.Accepted:
self.handlePaintRequest(dialog.printer())
def handlePreview(self):
dialog = QtPrintSupport.QPrintPreviewDialog()
dialog.paintRequested.connect(self.handlePaintRequest)
dialog.exec_()
def handlePaintRequest(self, printer):
document = QtGui.QTextDocument()
cursor = QtGui.QTextCursor(document)
table = cursor.insertTable(
self.table.rowCount(), self.table.columnCount())
for row in range(table.rows()):
for col in range(table.columns()):
cursor.insertText(self.table.item(row, col).text())
cursor.movePosition(QtGui.QTextCursor.NextCell)
document.print_(printer)
if __name__ == '__main__':
import sys
app = QtWidgets.QApplication(sys.argv)
window = Window()
window.resize(640, 480)
window.show()
sys.exit(app.exec_())
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bclme commented Jun 8, 2022

how to add header and footer on each page?

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How to set the font size?

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