Print feature doesn't print category colors in "map key"

[Nhorning]

When actually printing a map using the "print map feature," the maps print without the category colors in the "map key." To reproduce easily, go to the "print map" page using Firefox, and select "print preview." from the drop down menu.

This is a long standing issue in both chrome and firefox, using a wide range of printers and "print to file" functions, tested in Ubuntu 11.10 - 12.04.

It is not an issue with the "create url" function, and one can take a screenshot as a workaround (but this is not ideal).

[jetherton]

I designed the plugin to work with Firefox since until recently,
Chrome's printing abilities have been limited. So I don't support Chrome.

To enabled the colors you need to make sure that "Print Background
Colors" and "Print Background Images" is selected in the Firefox print
setup window, in the Options tab. I've attached a screen shot.

John Etherton
Managing Partner
Etherton Technologies, Ltd.
+1-404-578-1606
john@ethertontech.com mailto:john@ethertontech.com
On 01/10/2013 02:56 PM, Nhorning wrote:

When actually printing a map using the "print map feature," the maps
print without the category colors in the "map key." To reproduce
easily, go to the "print map" page using Firefox, and select "print
preview." from the drop down menu.

This is a long standing issue in both chrome and firefox, using a wide
range of printers and "print to file" functions, tested in Ubuntu
11.10 - 12.04.

It is not an issue with the "create url" function, and one can take a
screenshot as a workaround (but this is not ideal).

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[Nhorning]

Oh... like the instructions :) These seem slightly outdated in my version of Firefox, but I'm sure I can correct them in the files.