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protected override void OnPaint(PaintEventArgs e) {
  e.Graphics.Clear(Color.Fuchsia);
  e.Graphics.DrawRtfText(this.richTextBox1.Rtf, this.richTextBox1.ClientRectangle);
  base.OnPaint(e);
}

using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Windows.Forms;

public static class Graphics_DrawRtfText {
    private static RichTextBoxDrawer rtfDrawer;
    public static void DrawRtfText(this Graphics graphics, string rtf, Rectangle layoutArea) {
        if (Graphics_DrawRtfText.rtfDrawer == null) {
            Graphics_DrawRtfText.rtfDrawer = new RichTextBoxDrawer();
        }
        Graphics_DrawRtfText.rtfDrawer.Rtf = rtf;
        Graphics_DrawRtfText.rtfDrawer.Draw(graphics, layoutArea);
    }

    private class RichTextBoxDrawer : RichTextBox {
        //Code converted from code found here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/812425/en-us

        //Convert the unit used by the .NET framework (1/100 inch) 
        //and the unit used by Win32 API calls (twips 1/1440 inch)
        private const double anInch = 14.4;

        protected override CreateParams CreateParams {
            get {
                CreateParams createParams = base.CreateParams;
                if (SafeNativeMethods.LoadLibrary("msftedit.dll") != IntPtr.Zero) {
                    createParams.ExStyle |= SafeNativeMethods.WS_EX_TRANSPARENT; // transparent
                    createParams.ClassName = "RICHEDIT50W";
                }
                return createParams;
            }
        }
        public void Draw(Graphics graphics, Rectangle layoutArea) {
            //Calculate the area to render.
            SafeNativeMethods.RECT rectLayoutArea;
            rectLayoutArea.Top = (int)(layoutArea.Top * anInch);
            rectLayoutArea.Bottom = (int)(layoutArea.Bottom * anInch);
            rectLayoutArea.Left = (int)(layoutArea.Left * anInch);
            rectLayoutArea.Right = (int)(layoutArea.Right * anInch);

            IntPtr hdc = graphics.GetHdc();

            SafeNativeMethods.FORMATRANGE fmtRange;
            fmtRange.chrg.cpMax = -1;                    //Indicate character from to character to 
            fmtRange.chrg.cpMin = 0;
            fmtRange.hdc = hdc;                                //Use the same DC for measuring and rendering
            fmtRange.hdcTarget = hdc;                    //Point at printer hDC
            fmtRange.rc = rectLayoutArea;            //Indicate the area on page to print
            fmtRange.rcPage = rectLayoutArea;    //Indicate size of page

            IntPtr wParam = IntPtr.Zero;
            wParam = new IntPtr(1);

            //Get the pointer to the FORMATRANGE structure in memory
            IntPtr lParam = IntPtr.Zero;
            lParam = Marshal.AllocCoTaskMem(Marshal.SizeOf(fmtRange));
            Marshal.StructureToPtr(fmtRange, lParam, false);

            SafeNativeMethods.SendMessage(this.Handle, SafeNativeMethods.EM_FORMATRANGE, wParam, lParam);

            //Free the block of memory allocated
            Marshal.FreeCoTaskMem(lParam);

            //Release the device context handle obtained by a previous call
            graphics.ReleaseHdc(hdc);
        }

        #region SafeNativeMethods
        private static class SafeNativeMethods {
            [DllImport("USER32.dll")]
            public static extern IntPtr SendMessage(IntPtr hWnd, int msg, IntPtr wp, IntPtr lp);

            [DllImport("kernel32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]
            public static extern IntPtr LoadLibrary(string lpFileName);

            [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
            public struct RECT {
                public int Left;
                public int Top;
                public int Right;
                public int Bottom;
            }

            [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
            public struct CHARRANGE {
                public int cpMin;        //First character of range (0 for start of doc)
                public int cpMax;        //Last character of range (-1 for end of doc)
            }

            [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
            public struct FORMATRANGE {
                public IntPtr hdc;                //Actual DC to draw on
                public IntPtr hdcTarget;    //Target DC for determining text formatting
                public RECT rc;                        //Region of the DC to draw to (in twips)
                public RECT rcPage;                //Region of the whole DC (page size) (in twips)
                public CHARRANGE chrg;        //Range of text to draw (see earlier declaration)
            }

            public const int WM_USER = 0x0400;
            public const int EM_FORMATRANGE = WM_USER + 57;
            public const int WS_EX_TRANSPARENT = 0x20;

        }
        #endregion
    }
}