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    copied!<p>Im having real trouble with this one. I dont know what is wrong, but it spits this out:</p> <p>ERROR: attempting to display print options with no printing source(item/items/formatter/renderer) set</p> <p>The code works if i set it to print a png image, but not the contents of a NSString.</p> <p>Here is my code:</p> <pre><code>- (IBAction)pushPrint:(id)sender { NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init]; [dateFormatter setDateStyle:NSDateFormatterNoStyle]; [dateFormatter setTimeStyle:NSDateFormatterLongStyle]; [dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"dd/MM/YY HH:mm:ss"]; NSString* currentTime = [dateFormatter stringFromDate:[NSDate date]]; [dateFormatter release]; UIPasteboard *pasteboard = [UIPasteboard generalPasteboard]; NSString *path = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:t[NSString stringWithFormat:@"Results Printout\n" "\n" "%@\n" "\n" "\n" "%@", currentTime, pasteboard.string] ofType:nil]; NSData *myData = [NSData dataWithContentsOfFile:path]; UIPrintInteractionController *print = [UIPrintInteractionController sharedPrintController]; print.delegate = self; UIPrintInfo *printInfo = [UIPrintInfo printInfo]; printInfo.outputType = UIPrintInfoOutputGeneral; printInfo.jobName = [path lastPathComponent]; printInfo.duplex = UIPrintInfoDuplexLongEdge; print.printInfo = printInfo; print.showsPageRange = YES; print.printingItem = myData; void (^completionHandler)(UIPrintInteractionController *,BOOL, NSError *) = ^(UIPrintInteractionController *print,BOOL completed, NSError *error) { if (!completed &amp;&amp; error) { NSLog(@"houston we have a problem"); } }; [print presentAnimated:YES completionHandler:completionHandler]; } </code></pre>
 

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