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Creo View: Attempting to print from machines that have Intel on-board graphics adapters results in black and white checker-board output

Modified: 28-Nov-2025   


Applies To

  • ProductView and Creo Elements/View 9.1 to 10.0
  • Creo Illustrate 1.0 to 4.1
  • Creo View 1.0 to 12.0

Description

  • Viewer background shown as black
  • Printing generates black output, whether printing to PDF of XPS formats
  • Printing results in unreadable drawing, with repeated black checkerboard / grid effect
  • Print out of drawing shows black and white color scheme
  • Printing a document viewable produces a blank black page
  • PDF's printed from Creo View are messed-up
  • For example:
    • The corrupted printed output varies somewhat depending on the drawing being printed but it is generally a variation on the following:
Checkerboard Effect
  • Intel on-board chipset configurations known to be affected:
  • Dell D630 laptop with Intel Graphics Media Accelerator Driver for Mobile Report graphics card
  • DELL Latitude E6320 with Intel HD Graphics 3000 card
  • Intel HD 1000 with embedded i3 2120 processor
  • Intel(R) Q45/Q43 Express Chipset
  • Lenovo M81 with Intel on-board graphics adapter
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