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Asked: 2026-05-24T20:04:56+00:00

I have a WPF application and I need to print from it. I had

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I have a WPF application and I need to print from it. I had previously posted a question about printing without needing to display a confirmation window and got a great answer that I have implemented like the following

var pq = LocalPrintServer.GetDefaultPrintQueue();
var writer = PrintQueue.CreateXpsDocumentWriter(pq);
var paginator = newPass.docMain.Document.DocumentPaginator;
writer.Write(paginator);

This code works just fine and simple – it basically just picks up the local printer que and sends the XPS document. However, it is relatively slow to print. I’ve tried to narrow down the possibilities and it looks like the greatest speed difference is between WinXP and Win7 machines. On XP it is slow, but acceptable, at about 2-3 seconds to print while on Win7 it can be upwards of 10 seconds and 15 seconds is not uncommon. Is there a reason why this code would have such a difference in speed? Also, I’ve noticed that there are a few questions on here about WPF print speeds – is there a reason why WPF printing in general is slow?

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