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Applicable Products: CardExchange® Producer & CardExchange® Visitor

In this Technote we are going to explain the GDI+ Print Engine setting under the page layout of the Card Designer.

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Pre-rendering is needed when printing via GDI+ if your design uses graphics that are not supported by GDI+ (For example transparent images).

Pre-rendered objects will always show behind any other objects in the printed result, even if that is not the case on the preview.

Common Issues

Common print issues associated with having the GDI+ print engine checked are:

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• On old legacy printers it can cause the PC to “Blue screen” and reboot
• On legacy printer drivers that do not support XPS it can cause images to be reduced to 96 dpi

Printer models

It is difficult to provide a definitive list of printer models and the best setting for each as the drivers are continuously updated.

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