Diagonal Lines in Table won't print

[Suzee]

When printing, the diagonal lines in a table won't print. All the other
lines print fine but the cells with diagonals won't print. Anyone have any
idea why this is happening or is there a fix?

 

[Mary Sauer]

Are you certain you have enabled the diagonal lines to be filled? Select the
cell(s), lines, more lines, on the left bottom corner click the diagonal
selection and select line weight and color.

 

[Suzee]

Yes, they are filled...and set to the same point value the rest of the
cell(s) for the top and bottom lines. You can see the diagonal on the screen
but they do not print. This is a project for a customer who created a
checkbook size booklet, with a 12 month calendar inside. Now the tables were
created, then rotated to fit the page orientation. Could this be the
problem? While waiting for help I think I'll try turning the tables back and
see if they print that way.

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Are you certain you have enabled the diagonal lines to be filled? Select the
cell(s), lines, more lines, on the left bottom corner click the diagonal
selection and select line weight and color.

 

[Suzee]

I tried turning the tables and printing. The diagonal lines print fine. I
turned them back, then printed again and two cells next to each other that
both had diagonals only 1 line printed. I think it must be a bug in the
program. To expedite this job for this particular customer, I will hand draw
the lines in the cells and watch this thread for a fix. Thanks!
--
I thought I was a bad girl, then I met Katrina...now that is one very bad
girl!

Yes, they are filled...and set to the same point value the rest of the
cell(s) for the top and bottom lines. You can see the diagonal on the screen
but they do not print. This is a project for a customer who created a
checkbook size booklet, with a 12 month calendar inside. Now the tables were
created, then rotated to fit the page orientation. Could this be the
problem? While waiting for help I think I'll try turning the tables back and
see if they print that way.

 

[Morisot]

Hi, Suzee -

This could be a limitation or oddity of your printer.

If you can, set the print to the "finest" quality - see if that makes a
difference.

Also, clean your printheads and re-align them.

(I just had a project with a table - and ONE line refused to print---until I
moved the table just a smidge!)

M.

 

[Suzee]

I had thought of that before making my initial post. I tried to print on 2
different laser printers. Same identical problem. I unrotated the tables
and the diagonal lines print fine on both printers. They just won't print
for me rotated. The project is a 3 x 6 booklet (checkbook size) with a 12
month calendar, saddle-stitched hence the need for rotating the table.

 

[Mary Sauer]

I'm not seeing this with my laser printer. The diagonals print even in draft
mode and .5 pt. line weight. I'd suggest an updated printer driver, are the
printers alike?

 

[Suzee]

Did you rotate the table before printing when you tested? The printers I
used were different ... one was an HP5000 Laserjet and the other was a
Brother 1440 Laserjet. I also tried printing through our fiery print server
to the color copier and it won't print rotated. All will print unrotated
tables with diagonal lines. Stumped! Have no clue! Think I will create a
new file with this information typed clean and new and try printing. This is
a customer's file and who knows, sometimes trash gets in without you knowing.
She could have imported from another program and it's left overs may be
causing a problem. If I figure it out, I'll let you know.

 

[Mary Sauer]

My printer is a LaserJet 5000 too. Yes, I did rotate the table with text typed
into the cells. I used Publisher 2000 and 2003.
I think you are probably right about it being something in the file itself.