[Qgis-user] Print Composer: Best Practices

[Andreas Neumann]

Hi Gordon, Brent and others,

Please try the latest stable QGIS 1.8 version before reporting on
problems with the PDF output. Version 1.7x won't get any fixes.

If you are using the Atlas serial print plugin please also upgrade to
the latest version of the plugin as it had a fix regarding these
bloated/rasterized PDF outputs.

This whole printing stuff has to work solidly - if not, the QGIS team
will fix it. But if you are using old versions there is nothing we can
do about it.

In the current master version (1.9.x) there will again be printing
improvements - so it is important that you stay with the latest versions.

Andreas

Am 28.07.2012 22:59, schrieb Gordon Lane:
> Hi Andreas,
> 
> I'm working on QGIS 1.7 on Win XP at work, and QGIS 1.8 on Fedora at home.
> Different issues in each place, with the ultimate end being that I send a
> map to corporate and they get something that looks like it was made by an
> intern... which, incidentally, I am... Not my job to be a design master,
> but it always looks good until it's exported!
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Gordon
> 
> 
> On Jul 28, 2012 10:15 AM, "Andreas Neumann" <a.neumann at carto.net> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Gordon,
>>
>> The PDF big file/slow display issues are a result of a bug in the
>> underlying qt library. The most recent QGIS versions 1.8 and 1.9x have a
>> patch applied to work around this bug.
>>
>> What version on what platform are you using?
>>
>> Andreas
>>
>> Am 28.07.2012 01:49, schrieb Gordon Lane:
>>> Thanks to all who responded (and who may yet still). I'll try out the
>>> various tricks.
>>>
>>> I have used a variety of PDF printers but still get issues with color and
>>> crispness (understanding that a autumn-crisp image will be a large file).
>>>
>>> And I take back what I said about print composer being "useless" -- I
>> just
>>> didn't pay attention to how it was working. I saw the legend wasn't the
>>> same in reloads, and assumed the rest was jacked up, too. Now I see it
>> just
>>> adds layers you might have excluded from the legend before. My bad!
>>>
>>> -Gordon
>>>
>>
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