Pitney Bowes MapXtreme - Manual (Page 528)

Appendix E: Printing From MapXtreme Applications
General Printing Tips and Tricks
MapXtreme v7.1 535 Developer Guide
Need for Speed When Using Fill Patterns?
Note that the first six fill patterns (after the solid fill) in of the AreaStyle dialog box are Windows
standard and tend to print faster. These fill patterns are vector-based. The rest of the patterns are
bitmaps that ship with MapXtreme. You might want to consider this when you are selecting fill
patterns.
1 Use these fill patterns for fast printing results.
Speed Still an Issue?
If you want to improve printer speed, and your printer has Fast, Normal, Best print quality options,
we suggest you select Fast. This will also lower your output resolution.
Disk Space an Issue?
Make sure you have plenty of temporary disk space, particularly if you are using the Print using the
Enhanced Metafile option. The system is trying to create a layered bitmap locally on disk.
Print Globally? Spool Locally!
Try spooling 1 print jobs locally rather than at the plotter. This allows the computer to rasterize your
output rather than the printer, which can be more efficient.
1. Spooling is the process of storing data constituting a document to be printed in memory or in a file until the
printer is ready to process it.
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