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<div style="RIGHT: auto">Qgis newbie here, though I'm an experienced GIS user (ArcGIS), but not a guru, just a geologist. I created a map in Qgis and also three Print Composer instances. I set up one as a plotter file (Print Composer #1, 42" X 60") and another as a PDF (Print Composer #3, "print as raster" checked) after failing to get a completely plotted map document. The plotter output has a large area of empty paper in the middle as well as two narrow bands of empty space, all surrounded by the incomplete map. <IMG alt=":puke! puke" src="http://mail.yimg.com/ok/u/assets/img/emoticons/emo65.gif">When I try the PDF workaround to simply get usable output that I can send to the plotter, I get an incomplete PDF document and a message "Exception - bad allocation"). <IMG alt=":(( crying" src="http://mail.yimg.com/ok/u/assets/img/emoticons/emo16.gif"> Anyone have any suggestions?<IMG alt=":-/ confused"
src="http://mail.yimg.com/ok/u/assets/img/emoticons/emo4.gif"> Not sure if this is a plotter problem, a Qgis garbage-in problem or ??? </div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto">1. Is there an organized Qgis printer/plotter troubleshooting forum that I can look at for some tips? </div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto"><VAR id=yui-ie-cursor></VAR>2. Is there an organized procedure that I must follow to ensure getting good output that I'm missing?</div></div></body></html>