Dashed lines on print-out that are not visible on computer screen in Windows Vista

Bug #372902 reported by Larry Curran
This bug report is a duplicate of:  Bug #215902: dashed line type pdf problem. Edit Remove
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Bug Description

I am using Inkscape to do architectural drawings in which hidden objects are represented by dashed lines. When I draw a rectangle and specify its outline (stroke) as dashed lines, it looks fine on the computer screen. However, when I print it, the sides of the rectamgle extend beyond the boundaries of the rectangle for a distance of five to six times the length of each side of the rectangle. The same thing happens with a simple dashed line; i.e. it is the specified length on the computer screen but is five or six times the specified length when printed. I have tried raising and lowering the dashed lined objects to different layers in the drawing, but nothing works.

I would appreciate it if you could tell me if there is any way of working around this problem because as it stands, I can not represent hidden objects or surfaces in my drawings.

Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.

Larry Curran

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Adrian Johnson (ajohnson-redneon) wrote :

This appears to be the same bug as:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/215902

which is a cairo bug that has been fixed in cairo 1.8.6.

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Larry Curran (larry-curran) wrote :

I rceeived e-mails from two different people saying that this problem seemed to be duplicate of Bug # 215902. However; the fix for Bug # 215902 involves Ubuntu and PDF. However, my problem is occuring using Windows Vista operating system and printing using the built-in Print function within InkScape (i.e. the file being printed is in .svg format and not PDF). Therefore, this bug IS NOT A DUPLICATE OF BUG # 215902. Please re-instate it as an open bug. Thanks, Larry Curran

summary: - Dashed lines on print-out that are not visible on computer screen
+ Dashed lines on print-out that are not visible on computer screen in
+ Windows Vista
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Adrian Johnson (ajohnson-redneon) wrote :

Bug #215902 mentions Ubuntu and PDF since that is what the bug reporter happened to be using when the bug was first noticed. I fixed this bug in cairo[1] and I know it affects all cairo printing surfaces (ie PDF, PostScipt and Windows printing).

You can determine the version of cairo you are using by saving to PDF then open the PDF file in Adobe Reader, goto File->Properties->Description and check the PDF producer version.

[1] http://cgit.freedesktop.org/cairo/commit/?h=1.8&id=5911c6966de832fa350a6e9a4d587b7c3b3b4825

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