[solved] printing white text on black

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[solved] printing white text on black

Post by Krischu » Fri May 05, 2023 9:08 am

QCad 3.28.1.0
macOS BigSur
I have drawn a black square (polyline, hatch solid from select), gave it the color "black". (still drawn white on the canvas, but that might be
obvious since black on black background is not so useful).
Then I gave the text ath color attribute "white".

In the preview on the paper the black square appears in black, but the text is not visible. I change the drawing order in the drawing for that layer (the black square) to bring it to the background, but in the preview the text is still covered by the black square.

When I hover over the text with the cursor, it flashes up.
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Re: printing white text on black

Post by andrew » Fri May 05, 2023 9:24 am

Uncheck:

Edit > Application Preferences > Graphics View > Appearance > Color Adjustments > Prevent white on white / black on black display

See also:

https://www.qcad.org/en/tutorial-adjusting-colors

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Re: printing white text on black

Post by Krischu » Fri May 05, 2023 9:30 am

andrew wrote:
Fri May 05, 2023 9:24 am
Uncheck:

Edit > Application Preferences > Graphics View > Appearance > Color Adjustments > Prevent white on white / black on black display

See also:

https://www.qcad.org/en/tutorial-adjusting-colors
I had that switched on (Prevent white on white...), but Disable for Printing wasn't ticked. Did that but no change. Will look into the tutorial whether I can find sth.

EDIT: the "tutorial" doesn't actually solve my problem.
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Re: printing white text on black

Post by Krischu » Fri May 05, 2023 9:43 am

Krischu wrote:
Fri May 05, 2023 9:30 am
andrew wrote:
Fri May 05, 2023 9:24 am
Uncheck:

Edit > Application Preferences > Graphics View > Appearance > Color Adjustments > Prevent white on white / black on black display

See also:

https://www.qcad.org/en/tutorial-adjusting-colors
I had that switched on (Prevent white on white...), but Disable for Printing wasn't ticked. Did that, but no change. Will look into the tutorial whether I can find sth.

EDIT: the "tutorial" doesn't actually solve my problem.
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Re: printing white text on black

Post by Husky » Fri May 05, 2023 7:33 pm

Krischu wrote:
Fri May 05, 2023 9:30 am
EDIT: the "tutorial" doesn't actually solve my problem.
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Re: printing white text on black

Post by Krischu » Sat May 06, 2023 8:41 am

OK, here is the drawing:
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Re: printing white text on black

Post by Husky » Sat May 06, 2023 9:39 am

Thanks for the drawing. Did you use as color mode for printing the "Black/White Mode'?

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Re: printing white text on black

Post by Krischu » Sat May 06, 2023 9:50 am

Yes, B/W Mode is chosen (selected). BTW, under what circumstances is it possible to use the "hand"-symbol to move the paper area under the drawing?
At the moment this is locked but I remember to have been able to position the drawing relative to the paper.

EDIT: solved! Using "Full Color Mode" in the print menu makes white letters appear over black square.
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