topic Re: Problem with embedded PDFs in Licensing

Problem with embedded PDFs

Anonymous — Thu, 25 May 2023 16:14:37 GMT

Hi everyone
I have a slight problem with embedded pdfs.
It's probably something simple (it usually is!).
The PDFs seem to display fine on the layout but when I print them I get a solid black box?
I have attached an image of the layout and the print..

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thx Guys and have a superb day...

Re: Problem with embedded PDFs

Thomas Holm — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:13:23 GMT

I guess you've got Archicads print dialog setting to All Black. Because Archicad regards placed pdfs as not being transparent, but having a solid white background fill, that will print black as well.

One fix is to use some other way to get grayscale instead of black, such as the printer's own setting or some system setting. I don't know how to do that in Windows.

But the best way is to use a customized pen set for output, with all the pens you want set to black. This way you can also use colors for markup if you like. Note that you can choose a different pen set for drawing views on layouts than your ordinary working set, so this doesn't have to interfere with your working habits.

Re: Problem with embedded PDFs

Anonymous — Wed, 14 May 2008 04:39:51 GMT

Thanks for the input, got it sorted in the end..