Printing Gibberish

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Buggyjohn
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Printing Gibberish

Post by Buggyjohn » Sun May 30, 2021 7:51 am

Hi I'm new to this program but I am making progress, I am drawing up a new porch for my house, the drawing now needs labeling for the builder.
I can add the text to my drawing on screen and it saves it in the file but when I print it its in code or complete gibberish.
But if I save it as PDF file then print it the text is there but faint.
I know is me but can anyone help
Thanks
Ian

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Re: Printing Gibberish

Post by Buggyjohn » Sun May 30, 2021 4:36 pm

It seem this system only helps trained CAD engineers there for I'm sorry to bother you and I will say good by
Ian

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ryancousins
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Re: Printing Gibberish

Post by ryancousins » Sun May 30, 2021 5:53 pm

Can you provide a little more information? What OS and QCAD version are you running? Can you provide a DXF file so someone can take a look at it?

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Re: Printing Gibberish

Post by andrew » Mon May 31, 2021 6:34 am

For all support requests, please:
- Indicate the operating system you are using and the version thereof (e.g. Windows 10 32bit, Windows 8.1 64bit, Ubuntu 14.2 64bit, macOS 10.12, etc.)
- Indicate the exact version of QCAD you are using (see "Help" > "About" or "QCAD" > "About QCAD" or indicate the name of the file you have downloaded and installed)
- Attach original drawing files (DXF, DWG, ...) if appropriate
- Attach exported files (SVG, PNG, PDF, ...) if appropriate
- Include screenshots if appropriate
- If there is an error message, indicate the exact message or include a screenshot of the message

Please be as specific as possible in describing your problem, so we can help you efficiently, thanks.

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