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iwf
Helper I
7 years ago
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Print to PDF background image problems

Hi,

 

I have report for which i created background image. In power BI Desktop and also on Workplace on everything looks good (Pic 1). But when I print it to PDF (from Desktop or from Workplace), the background image is not in correct place, it moves down (Pic 2 ). When I export the Report to PowerPoint, the pages are OK.

 

Any tips how to solve this?

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  • iwf's avatar
    iwf
    7 years ago

    Hi,

    I didnt help. I went through other forums and as I understand, MS do not support printing the reports. So I gave up. I take it as Power BI reports are not printable, when background image or other graphics is used.

     

    Cheers

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  • v-cherch-msft's avatar
    v-cherch-msft
    Microsoft Employee
    7 years ago

    Hi iwf 

    You can try Chrome browser and enable Background Graphics to print background color.For further,please refer to this post.

    Regards,

    • v-cherch-msft's avatar
      v-cherch-msft
      Microsoft Employee
      7 years ago

      Hi iwf 

      Could you tell me if your problem has been solved? If it is,kindly mark the helpful answer as a solution and welcome to share your own solution. More people will benefit from here.

      Regards,

      • iwf's avatar
        iwf
        Helper I
        7 years ago

        Hi,

        I didnt help. I went through other forums and as I understand, MS do not support printing the reports. So I gave up. I take it as Power BI reports are not printable, when background image or other graphics is used.

         

        Cheers

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    6 years ago

    Hi,

    I've had the same problem for a while and today I found an solution for the problem.
    When you add a picture as a background you need to change "Image Fit" to "Fit". Then the picture will stay in the right place during Export to PDF.

     

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
      Not applicable
      6 years ago

      Hi Mats_S,

       

      You are correct, this was the solution that used to work for me as well. When i used to export the report in PDF format it was all ok and image was in center/middle alligned position by setting it to "FILL".

       

      But now since i have upgraded to March 2020 updates, this feature is not working correctly and the exported PDF file has background image bottom aligned as complained by the thread author.

       

      What is the problem now?

      • Anonymous's avatar
        Anonymous
        Not applicable
        6 years ago

        Hi
        If you select Fitt instead of Fill then it should work, Fitt is the only setting that fixes the problem.
        I'm running the March 2020 update and it works for me.