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Printouts are blank

Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2014 3:12 pm
by bozzle
Hi,
I have just started to use qcad community but when I try to print I only get blank pages. PDf's are also blank, despite being OK in preview and getting "export complete" message in command toolbar I have adjusted paper and drawing units to match and can see page outline. Operating on XP Do I need the pro version?

Any ideas would be much appreciated.

[Edit by Mod, topic moved to Community Edition forum]

Re: Printouts are blank

Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2014 3:37 pm
by Papy Octet
Hello,

Are you shure you are not drawing in with color ?

Re: Printouts are blank

Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2014 4:57 pm
by bozzle
Hi,
I have used colours on drawing and in drawing preferences the printing is set to colour so I assume it should be visible

Re: Printouts are blank

Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2014 5:13 pm
by Clive
Hi bozzle
Welcome to the forum
bozzle wrote: Do I need the pro version?]
No, not for printing.

From your explanation it seems you are doing things correctly, however if you cannot resolve this problem are you able to set up a simple example drawing and post it here on the forum, so we can test it out?

Re: Printouts are blank

Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2014 5:31 pm
by bozzle
Clive,
I can copy with printscreen but cannot paste to this reply

Re: Printouts are blank

Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2014 5:45 pm
by Clive
You can reply and attach a dxf using the 'Upload attachment' option under the message box.
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Re: Printouts are blank

Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2014 5:47 pm
by Clive
bozzle wrote:Clive,
I can copy with printscreen but cannot paste to this reply
Or unless this file is private of course, that's why I suggested to draw up a quick example file and attach it so that we can try to reproduce the issue and resolve it.

[Edit: Just had another thought about this problem, check your line weights are not 0.00]

Re: Printouts are blank

Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2014 7:07 pm
by bozzle
Clive,

Line weight is 0.35mm File attached

Re: Printouts are blank

Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2014 8:01 pm
by bozzle
Do not understand what happened as file no longer exists on my pc. Please find another one

When I boot up I only get to 97% then get a message "report translation error" which may have followed me cancelling purchase options. Should I reinstall?

Re: Printouts are blank

Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2014 8:17 pm
by Clive
Test2 opens fine for me and exports to pdf without problems.

'Booting up to 97%' , please explain - is this with test1, test2 or something else.

Re: Printouts are blank

Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2014 9:04 pm
by Husky
Hi bozzle,

your Drawing Unit and your Paper Unit is right now adjusted for Meters ... what means your Paper size is 210x297 Meters. Maybe a little bit to big for your Printer :wink:

Please change the settings to mm. You can do that for the current drawing below:
Edit / Drawing Preferences / General / Drawing Units

Or if you like to have this settings for all new drawing:
Edit / Application Preferences / Defaults for new drawings / Drawing Unit

Hope this will fix the print problem. If not .... :wink:

Re: Printouts are blank

Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2014 12:39 am
by bozzle
Guys,
Having adjusted paper size the print function operates as expected. Many thanks for your help

Re: Printouts are blank

Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2014 10:24 am
by Clive
Hey bozzle, glad you got this sorted out, enjoy QCAD :wink:

Husky
Ahh shoot, I missed the obvious with this one :roll: thanks.