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Hi
I have asked this question previously in a thread that was marked 'Answered' with no response so appologies if this question is duplicated
I can print reports in colour and preview them prior to converting to PDF in colour
However when I create a PDF the bar charts come out black and white as in the pictures below
The rest of the PDF is in colour
I've tried different PDF drivers eg cutePDF , PDF-exchange but with same result
I've also tried 'force colour'
I am using Qlikview Version 10.00.8935.7
any help would be appreciated
thanks
John
This solution from Qliktech worked - thanks Troy
This is a known problem with PDF-printers, ID 43594: "The Gauge 3D graphic/ image looks bad when Print
reports to PDF or Printer." Many PDF-printers do not handle transparency and gradients very well. The selected style for the pie chart in this application uses transarency and gradients for visual effects (the 3D style).
There are two work-arounds for this:
1. Use a more basic chart style without transparency and gradients.
2. We have an "Easter egg", SlowPrinting. If this flag is set, we
render to a bit-map internally and handle all the tranparency and gradients.
The bit-map is then sent to the printer for printout. This generates a much
better printout. The downside is that it requires more memory and is far more
time consuming.
To set this SlowPrinting flag, you will need to add a line to the Settings
config file.
To add this setting for the server:
1. First, stop the QlikView Server service.
2. Add the following line to the Settings file under the [Settings 7] section.
SlowPrinting=1
The Settings file can be found here:
C:\ProgramData\QlikTech\QlikViewServer
or here:
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\QlikTech\QlikViewServer
To add this setting for the QlikView Desktop:
1. First, close QlikView Desktop (qv.exe).
2. Add the following line to the Settings file under the [Settings 7] section.
SlowPrinting=1
The Settings file can be found here:
C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\QlikTech\QlikView
Can you uncheck the check boxes "use patterns instead of colors" when printing. This could be one reason.
Both these boxes are unchecked
I have figured out where specifically the issue is
If I change the bar chart to a simple colour layout the colours are reproduced in the PDF
The bar chart design I had originally was the 3D style
I will just use the simpler style - please consider the question closed unless anyone can explain why it does this it and if it can be resolved
John
Spoke too soon
I want to include a gauge in my report and it comes out greyscale too
John
This solution from Qliktech worked - thanks Troy
This is a known problem with PDF-printers, ID 43594: "The Gauge 3D graphic/ image looks bad when Print
reports to PDF or Printer." Many PDF-printers do not handle transparency and gradients very well. The selected style for the pie chart in this application uses transarency and gradients for visual effects (the 3D style).
There are two work-arounds for this:
1. Use a more basic chart style without transparency and gradients.
2. We have an "Easter egg", SlowPrinting. If this flag is set, we
render to a bit-map internally and handle all the tranparency and gradients.
The bit-map is then sent to the printer for printout. This generates a much
better printout. The downside is that it requires more memory and is far more
time consuming.
To set this SlowPrinting flag, you will need to add a line to the Settings
config file.
To add this setting for the server:
1. First, stop the QlikView Server service.
2. Add the following line to the Settings file under the [Settings 7] section.
SlowPrinting=1
The Settings file can be found here:
C:\ProgramData\QlikTech\QlikViewServer
or here:
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\QlikTech\QlikViewServer
To add this setting for the QlikView Desktop:
1. First, close QlikView Desktop (qv.exe).
2. Add the following line to the Settings file under the [Settings 7] section.
SlowPrinting=1
The Settings file can be found here:
C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\QlikTech\QlikView
You may get what you want based on your colour selection. See here