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naninamu
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Looks good in PDF - doesn't print correctly

Looks good in PDF - doesn't print correctly
 

Hi everyone. I built a custom report which is 1280px wide by 3200px high - I had assumed it would just be viewed on a screen, and on a screen it looks fine.

 

It was then decided it needed to be printed. Exporting to PDF it looks great, but once you hit print it goes all skinny and narrow on one page, and trying to play around with the settings leads to chunks of the report missing - I can't seem to get it to replicate the PDF preview or go over multiple pages.

 

Any suggestions? In the preview it perfectly fits the page over multiple pages. When you go to print it looks like this (the red border is the edge of the page - it's all skinny  and missing half the report (there are 2 more sections under the 2 you can see here)

 

naninamu_1-1732513232422.png

 

Thanks in advance!  


 

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ibarrau
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Hi. If you want to print a report page and make it look exactly as the thing you are watching on the screen I would suggest other page size. Take a look at this post: https://blog.ladataweb.com.ar/post/687684862030839808/powerbi-informes-preparados-para

Try using that sizing and recomendations in order to build pages that match with traditional A4 page size.

I hope that helps,


If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

Happy to help!

LaDataWeb Blog

Thanks! It seems to be in Spanish though - is there an English version somewhere? Regardless I'll try the sizing mentioned and see if it helps 👍

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