---
title: printPaper
framework: uikit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: uikit/uiprintinteractioncontroller/printpaper
---

# printPaper

An object that represents the paper size and printing area for the print job.

## Declaration

```swift
var printPaper: UIPrintPaper? { get }
```

## Discussion

Discussion UIPrintInteractionController sets this property immediately after the user selects a printer and before it calls the delegate’s printInteractionControllerWillStartJob(_:) method. If its delegate implements the printInteractionController(_:choosePaper:) method of the UIPrintInteractionControllerDelegate protocol, it can return the UIPrintPaper object to assign to this property. Otherwise, UIKit assigns an object with a default paper size and printing rectangle that is based on the output type and the capabilities of the destination printer. This object is released when the print job finishes.

## See Also

### Accessing print-job information

- [printInfo](uikit/uiprintinteractioncontroller/printinfo.md)
- [showsNumberOfCopies](uikit/uiprintinteractioncontroller/showsnumberofcopies.md)
- [showsPaperSelectionForLoadedPapers](uikit/uiprintinteractioncontroller/showspaperselectionforloadedpapers.md)
- [showsPaperOrientation](uikit/uiprintinteractioncontroller/showspaperorientation.md)
- [showsPageRange](uikit/uiprintinteractioncontroller/showspagerange.md)