Inkscape

Inkscape prints a fill in an object selection boundary box.

Asked by dbutler

I have a rectangle with the nodes removed from one end. It has a black stroke and an orange fill. The rectangle is unselected however, when I print it, it fills the entire selection box with a fill. I have "selected all" to make sure there are no hidden objects which happen to align with the selection box of the rectangle and nothing else appears. I am a former Illustrator user and just learning Inkscape. I have never seen a selection box filled during printing. What am I doing wrong?

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Hachmann (marenhachmann) said : 		#1

Hi dbutler,

if the printed 'fill' is black, by any chance, then this is a bug with the current stable Inkscape version for Windows 64bit.
Please see https://answers.launchpad.net/inkscape/+question/403644 for further info.

If this is not the case, could you please upload the file and a print created by 'print to file' to some web file hosting service (dropbox, google drive, framadrop,...) and post the links here?

Kind Regards,
 Maren

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dbutler (dbutlerdid) said : 		#2

I am indeed on a Windows 64 bit and the fill is printing black but my printer is a b/w laser. Should I consider dropping back a version of Inkscape?

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Best Hachmann (marenhachmann) said : 		#3

You can choose to use any of the suggested workarounds, or also downgrade to 0.48.5, or use a development preview vesion - whichever works best for you, and depending upon your needs.

I'd probably just export to pdf or png for printing (I do that anyway, because I don't print from Inkscape at all).

Kind Regards,
 Maren

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dbutler (dbutlerdid) said : 		#4

Thanks Hachmann, that solved my question.