I am trying to add print functionality to my custom TableView but i am lost. please help me . where should i start

here's my idea so far
  • I figure ill use QPrinter and have a QPainter out of it
  • for all my cell (row,col) i will ask view's delegate to paint it for me given a rect

Qt Code: 
  1. //i could use this baby
  2. void QItemDelegate::paint ( QPainter * painter, const QStyleOptionViewItem & option, const QModelIndex & index ) const
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But now i am stuck on calculating those rects. since QPainter have different DPI's than my monitor, i need to scale it i guess.

the more i think of it the more confused i am ...

Questions:
am i on the right track .. or theres is an easier way to get my objective ?
Can someone show my some snippet on these things?
How can i figure out how many pages should i print since this custom table can be variable rows and cols?

needs some enlightment

baray98