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Technical Article   Problem:  Transparent fills print solid

Article ID: 14478
Bug Id: N/A
Software:  ArcView GIS 3.1, 3.2, 3.2a, 3.3
Platforms:  Windows 98, NT 4.0, 2000, XP

Description

The background of a polygon theme appears transparent on the screen, but becomes solid when printed. This usually occurs when using hatch patterns from the default fill palette.

Cause

The printer and its driver do not support PostScript.

Solution or Workaround

  1. Load the vector fills contained in the ArcView palette file located at \esri\av_gis30\arcview\symbols\carto.avp. -show me-

    Summary
    Steps to load a palette file.
    Procedure
    1. Select Show Symbol window from the Window menu.
    2. Click the Palette Manager button located on the far right of the palette window.
    3. Click the Load button and navigate to the ArcView Palette file (*.avp) location. This is usually the \ESRI\AV_GIS30\ArcView\Symbols folder.
    4. Select the palette file and click OK.
    5. Click the Make Default button if you want the symbols added by the palette file to be available the next time you start ArcView.


      Palette manager screen capture
      [O] Palette manager
  2. Resymbolize the polygon theme with the carto fills added to the end of the palette.-show me-

    The carto fills start with a horizontal line pattern.
    [O] Carto fill pallete


    ArcView ArcPress will also resolve this issue.

Related Information


Created: 8/10/2000
Last Modified: 5/4/2012

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By Anonymous - 03/24/2004 7:34 AM

It doesn't seem to work when i want to export the file in jpg. polygons are still filled. I've read it was the hatch.avp file that we had to load. It works but there is no vertical or horizontal lines... only diagonals or crossed lines... Is there a solution?

By Anonymous - 03/28/2003 1:07 PM

perfect

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By Anonymous - 03/11/2003 10:40 AM

Provide additional information regarding raster fills. Otherwise, very helpful.

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By Anonymous - 01/22/2003 12:31 PM

In conjunction with the HP support staff we added different ps drivers for our hp laserjet 4600 dtn and still could not print the image. Any other workarounds??

By Anonymous - 01/10/2003 9:18 AM

Using an HP printer this didn't work. When I loaded the carto.avp file it didn't start with the horizontal line pattern. Tried multiple times. Don't know if my carto fill is working properly.

By Anonymous - 01/10/2003 9:18 AM

Using an HP printer this didn't work. When I loaded the carto.avp file it didn't start with the horizontal line pattern. Tried multiple times. Don't know if my carto fill is working properly.