Print drawing in black and white/pdf?

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Akki
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Print drawing in black and white/pdf?

Post by Akki » Mon Jan 03, 2022 8:29 am

I fail to get the printed output in black and white despite of trying the different settings on the printer...and the choice "pdf" dont occur either--what can I do to solve this?
Akki

CVH
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Re: Print drawing in black and white/pdf?

Post by CVH » Mon Jan 03, 2022 9:02 am

Akki,

Please post such future questions in an appropriate forum like 'QCAD 'How Do I' Questions' or 'QCAD Troubleshooting and Problems'
Also read the forum rules at the top.

With a drawing file or just a small snippet we could help you more to the point. :wink:

Some questions:
- Printing from the Print Preview (Ctrl+Shift+P) or from Paper Space?
- Or Print (Ctrl+P) or Print Current View (Ctrl+Alt+P)?
- Have you set the option Black/White mode?
- Did you use exporting to pdf (XD) or the pdf button in the print preview?

One can also print to a logical pdf printer e.g. PDFCreator but the export method is by far more accurate.

Regards,
CVH

Akki
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Re: Print drawing in black and white/pdf?

Post by Akki » Mon Jan 03, 2022 2:16 pm

I am able now to create a PDF and print it if I enable B/W mode after selecting CTRL-Shift-P.
However not getting any drawing in B/W or greyscale if i use CTRL-P and a direct print. It looks OK in the Preview (enclosed) but for the moment the only way around is to first create the pdf.

Akki
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Re: Print drawing in black and white/pdf?

Post by CVH » Mon Jan 03, 2022 4:11 pm

Akki,

in the screen grab:
At the red cross one can see a minute white rectangle what represents your paper.
What is gray is outside the paper.

You might want to adapt the print scale. :wink:
https://www.ribbonsoft.com/en/tutorial-printing

Regards,
CVH

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