in Pointer to a DEVMODE structure containing device-specific initialization data for the device driver. The DocumentProperties function retrieves this structure filled in for a specified device. The lpdvmInit parameter must be NULL if the device driver is to use the default initialization (if any) specified by the user.

   /// When used, the DocumentProperties function returns the number

[DllImport("winspool.Drv", EntryPoint = "DocumentPropertiesW", SetLastError = true, ExactSpelling = true, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.StdCall)]

static extern int DocumentProperties(IntPtr hwnd, IntPtr hPrinter, [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)] string pDeviceName, IntPtr pDevModeOutput, IntPtr pDevModeInput, int fMode);

static extern int DocumentProperties(IntPtr hWnd, IntPtr hPrinter, string pDeviceName, IntPtr pDevModeOutput, IntPtr pDevModeInput, fModes fMode);

  <DllImport("winspool.Drv", EntryPoint:="DocumentPropertiesW", SetLastError:=True, ExactSpelling:=True, CallingConvention:=CallingConvention.StdCall)> _

    Private Shared Function DocumentProperties(ByVal hwnd As IntPtr, ByVal hPrinter As IntPtr, <MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)> ByVal pDeviceName As String, ByVal pDevModeOutput As IntPtr, ByVal pDevModeInput As IntPtr, ByVal fMode As Integer) As Integer

"DocumentProperties(this.Handle, IntPtr.Zero, printerSettings.PrinterName, pDevMode, pDevMode, 0);" returns -1 and error code 183 under x64 however i dnt knw y!

in order to get it working use "DocumentProperties(this.Handle, IntPtr.Zero, printerSettings.PrinterName, IntPtr.Zero, pDevMode, 0);"

   int sizeNeeded = DocumentProperties(IntPtr.Zero, printerHandle, printerName, IntPtr.Zero, IntPtr.Zero, fModes.DM_SIZEOF);

   int result = DocumentProperties(IntPtr.Zero, printerHandle, printerName, pdevmode, IntPtr.Zero, fModes.DM_OUT_BUFFER);

        int sizeNeeded = DocumentProperties(this.Handle, IntPtr.Zero, printerSettings.PrinterName, pDevMode, pDevMode, 0);

        DocumentProperties(this.Handle, IntPtr.Zero, printerSettings.PrinterName, devModeData, pDevMode, 14);

        int sizeNeeded = DocumentProperties(this.Handle, IntPtr.Zero, printerSettings.PrinterName, pDevMode, pDevMode, 0);

        DocumentProperties(this.Handle, IntPtr.Zero, printerSettings.PrinterName, IntPtr.Zero, pDevMode, 14);

I had to change the call to DocumentProperties: The third-from-last parameter MUST be IntPtr.Zero.

        int sizeNeeded = DocumentProperties(this.Handle, IntPtr.Zero, printerSettings.PrinterName, IntPtr.Zero, pDevMode, 0);

        DocumentProperties(this.Handle, IntPtr.Zero, printerSettings.PrinterName, IntPtr.Zero, pDevMode, 14);

I had to fixed Matthias solution, because it doesn't work well for me. Exception is no more occurs, but when some setting is changed in printer properties it isn't used by printer. I've changed second call of DocumentProperties method. The third-from-last paramter MUST be in this case devModeData.

        int sizeNeeded = DocumentProperties(this.Handle, IntPtr.Zero, printerSettings.PrinterName, IntPtr.Zero, pDevMode, 0);

        DocumentProperties(this.Handle, IntPtr.Zero, printerSettings.PrinterName, devModeData, pDevMode, 14);

On a Win8 x64 system, I encountered the issue when I was trying to target x86 compiling. The call to DocumentProperties would fail and return -1 for sizeNeeded.

Agreed that the use of a IntPrt.Zero where a recipient data structure is expected looks wrong, but it should be ok in this case: that first call to DocumentProperties does not attempt to save any data to the DevMode structure, it just returns the size of memory necessary to hold all the devModeData held by the printer driver, nothing else.