PdfPrinterSettings.EnableLegacyPrinting Property

Gets or sets whether to enable the legacy printing engine.

Namespace: DevExpress.Pdf

Assembly: DevExpress.Pdf.v24.1.Drawing.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Pdf.Drawing

Declaration

C#

[DefaultValue(false)]
public bool EnableLegacyPrinting { get; set; }

VB.NET

<DefaultValue(False)>
Public Property EnableLegacyPrinting As Boolean

Property Value

Type	Default	Description
Boolean	false	true to use the old printing engine; otherwise - false.

Property Paths

You can access this nested property as listed below:

Library	Object Type	Path to EnableLegacyPrinting
WinForms Controls	PdfPageSetupDialogShowingEventArgs	.PrinterSettings .EnableLegacyPrinting
WPF Controls	PageSetupDialogShowingEventArgs	.PrinterSettings .EnableLegacyPrinting

Remarks

Set the EnableLegacyPrinting property to true to use the old printing engine and print PDF pages as images. Note that in this case printing performance is significantly decreased. The PrintTextAsOutlines property has no effect if the EnableLegacyPrinting property is set to true.

The following properties do not affect the printing quality if the EnableLegacyPrinting property is set to false:

• PdfPrinterSettings.PrintingDpi
• PdfViewer.MaxPrintingDpi
• PdfViewerControl.MaxPrintingDpi