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# printingItem

A single ready-to-print object.

```
var printingItem: Any? { get set }
```

## Discussion

The object must be an instance of the <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Foundation/NSURL>, <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Foundation/NSData>, or [`UIImage`](/documentation/UIKit/UIImage) class. An object of the first two types must reference or contain image data or PDF data. `NSURL` objects must use the `file:` or any scheme that can return an <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Foundation/NSData> object with a registered protocol. Image data (including that encapsulated by [`UIImage`](/documentation/UIKit/UIImage)) must be in a format supported by the Image I/O framework; see [`UIImage`](/documentation/UIKit/UIImage) for more information. The object is released at the end of the print job. The default value is `nil`.

If you set this property, `UIPrintInteractionController` sets the [`printingItems`](/documentation/UIKit/UIPrintInteractionController/printingItems), [`printPageRenderer`](/documentation/UIKit/UIPrintInteractionController/printPageRenderer), and [`printFormatter`](/documentation/UIKit/UIPrintInteractionController/printFormatter) properties to `nil`. (You can only set one of these properties for a print job).

If this property is set and the [`showsPageRange`](/documentation/UIKit/UIPrintInteractionController/showsPageRange) property is set to <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/true>—and the printing item is a PDF document of more than one page—the printing options include the control for selecting a page range.

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