megosu Posted February 24, 2015 Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 Hello, I have found several other threads about this issue, but they are not updated and some of them are more than 3 years old ! The issue: printing in "Ultra mode" is useless, the output quality is so low you can barely read the text or use bar codes from the printed page.... Switching to retro mode seems to be the only workaround at the moment, and apparently it has been like this for many many versions (since MX 3 at least). The explanation is Maxthon is printing a low quality screenshot of the webpage but so far, this major flaw has been acknowledged but not been fixed by the dev. I would like to inquiry about the possible fix of this old but still on-going issue. Alternatively, I would like to know if there is a way to change the quality manually by editing a config file for instance... Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-ody- Posted February 24, 2015 Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 yes you're right, it should be a priority.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No.1MaxthonFan Posted February 24, 2015 Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 odyssee replied at 2015-2-24 07:11 yes you're right, it should be a priority.... Been reported for years. Just another sign that they just don't give a damn. Windows 10 64-bit build 10525/Windows 10 Mobile build 10512 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted February 24, 2015 Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 No.1MaxthonFan replied at 2015-2-24 12:44 Been reported for years. Just another sign that they just don't give a damn. or have no idea how to solve it Tony - Vivaldi 4 on Windows 10 64Bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 24, 2015 Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 Hi there, I just printed a couple of pages with barcodes in ultra and retro modes and the quality of print was good, so I can’t confirm the issue. Can you, please, give an example of a page you were trying to print so I can test it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 It is not difficult, print a page to a pdf printer and try to select a text with the Ultra version of pdf! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddoe Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 AdminH replied at 2015-2-24 22:42 Hi there, I just printed a couple of pages with barcodes in ultra and retro modes and the quality o ... Try print some page to PDF at the core Blink - text can not be selected, quality is low and the resulting file is much bigger than from Firefox or Chrome. On paper text has no good quality Problem is that Maxthon before printing generates webpage like image, therefore not possible to select text a quality is low than from Firefox or Chrome. This problem is reported years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megosu Posted February 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 please find attached 2 examples, 1 in Ultra mode and the other in Retro mode. You can clearly see the compression and the artefacts all over the page.print example.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7twenty Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 ddoe replied at 2015-2-25 17:42 Try print some page to PDF at the core Blink - text can not be selected, quality is low and the re ... You can't select text in files saved by Chrome either (at least on the version I checked). So that isn't an issue as such, but would be a nice addition so it works like IE does. But the low quality rasterised image is definitely something that needs to be fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 27, 2015 Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 AdminH replied at 2015-2-24 13:42 Hi there, I just printed a couple of pages with barcodes in ultra and retro modes and the quality o ... Well, I actually have Lenovo laptop with Window 8 and I tested the printing quality on that device and it looked just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 27, 2015 Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 ddoe replied at 2015-2-24 23:42 Try print some page to PDF at the core Blink - text can not be selected, quality is low and the re ... I ll try that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
17166237 Posted March 8, 2015 Report Share Posted March 8, 2015 It is a fact that the print quality in Ultra Mode is poor and has been so now for many years. This also applies to PDF documents created in Ultra Mode. If the Maxthon Developer was willing to fix this issue for the majority of us that are experiencing this, then Maxthon would in my opinion probably be the best browser. However, until this issue is fixed, we have to rely on other browsers to print/create PDF's for those important business documents, or save as a HTM file Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 8, 2015 Report Share Posted March 8, 2015 It's on the list of DEVS : Prioritized, but it may take a long time to get fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puf_the_majic_dragon Posted March 10, 2015 Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 I can confirm this issue as well. Shipping labels or plane tickets are probably the most obvious victims, since those bar codes are completely useless if printed from Maxthon (Ultra mode). I've had problems with shipping labels and boarding passes before, but didn't realize it was Maxthon until today when I decided, on a whim, to try printing the label from IE. The difference in quality is remarkable. Right now I'm just glad it wasn't my printer going out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
30598908 Posted March 10, 2015 Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 Same problem here. Print preview is already very bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BugMiss006 Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 Hi guys, Sorry for this inconvenience brought to you. As Oliver One said, this problem is on the list of Dev. It will be fixed in the future version. Please stay tuned. We will inform you. Thank you for your support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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