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