diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 03f455a7..e7ae1d0e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -7142,7 +7142,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "winprint"
 version = "0.2.1"
-source = "git+https://github.com/storytold/winprint.rs?rev=3c978dfcf3d460577fabd87aeea7a84ffdcfb396#3c978dfcf3d460577fabd87aeea7a84ffdcfb396"
+source = "git+https://github.com/storytold/winprint.rs?rev=bc06a7c48b768eb27a828c7986f6d2868b245ee0#bc06a7c48b768eb27a828c7986f6d2868b245ee0"
 dependencies = [
  "flate2",
  "fmt-derive",
diff --git a/crates/print/Cargo.toml b/crates/print/Cargo.toml
index 7dc5bb62..b9ae1fda 100644
--- a/crates/print/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/print/Cargo.toml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ log = "0.4"
 # ticket (winprint.rs#12, storytold/pdfcraft#3823), and reads whitespace-padded integers in
 # PrintCapabilities (winprint.rs#3, storytold/pdfcraft#2430). Pinned to an immutable revision;
 # review before bumping.
-winprint = { git = "https://github.com/storytold/winprint.rs", rev = "3c978dfcf3d460577fabd87aeea7a84ffdcfb396", default-features = false }
+winprint = { git = "https://github.com/storytold/winprint.rs", rev = "bc06a7c48b768eb27a828c7986f6d2868b245ee0", default-features = false }
 # GetDefaultPrinter (MIT).
 winsafe = { version = "0.0.29", default-features = false, features = ["winspool"] }
 # The job file's private folder.
diff --git a/crates/print/src/lib.rs b/crates/print/src/lib.rs
index 569cad28..01c05726 100644
--- a/crates/print/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/print/src/lib.rs
@@ -653,6 +653,23 @@ pub fn two_sided(printer: &str) -> Option<bool> {
     }
 }
 
+/// Whether `printer`'s driver renders XPS itself: on Windows, `Some(true)` for v4 drivers and v3
+/// drivers with an XPS rendering filter, `Some(false)` for GDI drivers, which the XPS print API
+/// reaches through Windows' XPS-to-GDI conversion. A page with transparency can come out wrong or
+/// fail to print there (storytold/pdfcraft#6155, #5838, #5940), so an app may flatten it first.
+/// `None` when it can't be read or no queue has that name, and on other systems.
+pub fn xps_driver(printer: &str) -> Option<bool> {
+    #[cfg(windows)]
+    {
+        windows::xps_driver_named(printer)
+    }
+    #[cfg(not(windows))]
+    {
+        let _ = printer;
+        None
+    }
+}
+
 /// The Print dialog's printers from lpstat's two answers: the spooler's queues (`-p -d`), then
 /// the driverless destinations of `available` (`-e`) that have no queue — CUPS builds a temporary
 /// queue when `lp` sends them a job. Each destination once, queues first; the default still comes
diff --git a/crates/print/src/tests/windows_native.rs b/crates/print/src/tests/windows_native.rs
index feae2bb8..7882a057 100644
--- a/crates/print/src/tests/windows_native.rs
+++ b/crates/print/src/tests/windows_native.rs
@@ -454,6 +454,14 @@ fn windows_powershell(script: &str, printer: &str) -> Result<String, String> {
 /// them; the test uses PowerShell only to add, inspect and remove the printer. Its driver is the
 /// inbox "Generic / Text Only"; a machine that cannot add one (no rights, no driver) skips the
 /// test, unless `CRAFT_PRINT_REQUIRE_QUEUE=1` (CI) makes it mandatory.
+/// "Generic / Text Only" is a GDI (v3) driver: the XPS print API reaches it through Windows'
+/// XPS-to-GDI conversion, where an app may flatten transparency first (storytold/pdfcraft#6155).
+#[cfg(windows)]
+fn assert_gdi_driver(name: &str) {
+    assert_eq!(spool::xps_driver(name), Some(false), "the test queue's driver is a GDI driver");
+    assert_eq!(spool::xps_driver("Craft Test Print: no such queue"), None);
+}
+
 #[cfg(windows)]
 #[test]
 fn windows_jobs_reach_the_spooler() {
@@ -474,6 +482,7 @@ fn windows_jobs_reach_the_spooler() {
         return;
     }
     let (listed, probed) = driver_queries(|| spool::printers().into_iter().find(|p| p.name == name));
+    assert_gdi_driver(name);
     // The list a Print dialog shows first: the same queue, named without asking its driver (a
     // networked printer in power save can hold that query, storytold/wordcraft#5710).
     let (queue, unprobed) = driver_queries(|| spool::printer_queues().into_iter().find(|p| p.name == name));
diff --git a/crates/print/src/windows.rs b/crates/print/src/windows.rs
index 67fbfdf8..d8f10db8 100644
--- a/crates/print/src/windows.rs
+++ b/crates/print/src/windows.rs
@@ -68,6 +68,12 @@ pub(crate) fn two_sided_named(name: &str) -> Option<bool> {
     PrinterDevice::all().ok()?.iter().find(|d| d.name() == name).and_then(two_sided)
 }
 
+/// Whether the driver of the queue `name` renders XPS itself (`PRINTER_DRIVER_XPS`); `None`
+/// when no queue has that name or its driver can't be read.
+pub(crate) fn xps_driver_named(name: &str) -> Option<bool> {
+    PrinterDevice::all().ok()?.iter().find(|d| d.name() == name)?.is_xps_driver().ok()
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 thread_local! {
     /// The driver capability queries printer discovery made on this thread, so a test can show