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# printingItems

An array of ready-to-print objects.

```
var printingItems: [Any]? { get set }
```

## Discussion

The array must contain <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Foundation/NSURL>, <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Foundation/NSData>, [`UIImage`](/documentation/UIKit/UIImage), or <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/AssetsLibrary/ALAsset> objects in any combination. Objects of the first two types must reference or contain image data or PDF data. `NSURL` objects must use the `file:` or `assets-library:` scheme 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) and <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/AssetsLibrary/ALAsset> objects) must be in a format supported by the Image I/O framework; see [`UIImage`](/documentation/UIKit/UIImage) for more information. An <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/AssetsLibrary/ALAsset> object must be of type <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/AssetsLibrary/ALAssetTypePhoto>. Items are printed in array-index order. The array is released at the end of the print job. The default value is `nil`.

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

If this property is set, the printing options do not include the control for selecting a page range, even if the [`showsPageRange`](/documentation/UIKit/UIPrintInteractionController/showsPageRange) property is set to <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/true>. If you want page-range selection, you should use the [`printingItem`](/documentation/UIKit/UIPrintInteractionController/printingItem) property instead.

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