PdfPrinterSettings.EnableLegacyPrinting Property

Gets or sets whether to enable the legacy printing engine.

Assembly : DevExpress.Pdf.v25.2.Drawing.dll

NuGet Package : DevExpress.Pdf.Drawing

Declaration

C#
VB.NET

csharp

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

<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 :