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 Printing plots: how to preserve dashing and thickness?
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kostik

Ulm, Germany
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Posted - 10/23/2000 :  12:50:00 PM  Show Profile  Edit Topic  Reply with Quote  View user's IP address  Delete Topic
I'm using Origin 6.0 (a German-language version, so forgive me if the answer is somewhere in the depth of Help files) to make multi-pane (3x2) plots. These are to be converted into PDF files, in order to make pictures for a journal article. Each pane has several lines, so I use dashed lines etc. to make them distinguishable. The dashed lines appear fine on screen. The problem is that, when I print it (using PDF Writer), all lines print out solid; the dashing and dotting is lost.

I tried to work around this by exporting the page to a PDF file, instead of printing it (File -> Export). There, the dashing is preserved, but line thickness is screwed up in the output file. (There seem to be only 2 gradations of thickness: "thin" and "thick").

So, when I can control dashing, I cannot control thickness, and vice versa. I want to use both, though. Any ideas how to deal with this?

Thanks,

Konstantin

Bigfoot

Germany
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Posted - 10/24/2000 :  8:29:00 PM  Show Profile  Edit Reply  Reply with Quote  View user's IP address  Delete Reply
Hi, Konstantin.

Following recommendations may be helpful.

1. Try to convert Origin plot into vector drawing object using third part software like Microsoft Visio, Corel Draw, etc. Use the converted one to create PDF presentation afterwards.

2. Simply export the graph as a raster image (if the resolution available will be sufficient to reach the desired quality).

3. Check your printer driver (may require an update). Some problems occur printing graphs containing plots with a huge number of points and non-solid line format on PCL-printes. At least, try another one (printer or driver) to check the possible reason of the problem.

Best regards,
Alexei

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