Unable to print Pepakura pages

[MissFish]

Hello Spartans!

I've been trying to print out the first few pages to begin folding but whenever I do, I just get tab numbers and no actual lines. The printer has brand new ink and this has happened on 3-4 different files all by different people.
Anybody have any experience with this problem? I looked through the FAQ's and found nothing

Thanks in advance for any help!

 

[Chernobyl]

Pepakura Designer 3 tends to have this issue, I'm afraid. The best I can suggest is that you source out a copy of Pepakura Designer 2, and use Pep3 to export those files into a Pep2 format for printing - this is something I've had to wrestle with myself.

I'll throw you a PM with more in-depth instructions.

 

[Spacemeat]

I've encountered that before. The solution I hit upon was to open up Print Preview. Once the lines are rendered out in the preview, you can hit print and they'll come out

 

[MissFish]

Thanks to both of you for the replies! Chernobyl's method worked and I got one of my pieces all printed out and ready to start.

 

[RobotChicken]

This problem is usually the result of printing lines as Bitmaps instead of as Vectors while having the line transparency set at 100% instead of 0%. Check those settings under Print and Paper Settings to avoid having to use an older (deprecated) version of Pepakura. Change the transparency value to 0%, or change the printed line type to Vector.

 

[Chernobyl]

This problem is usually

But not always. I've had these issues myself and Pepakura Designer 3 just refuses to play ball, for some reason. Sometimes you just have to roll back your version - new and shiny doesn't always mean 'the best'.

 

[RobotChicken]

But not always.

If I had meant "always" I would have typed "always". You might have waited to see if that was the problem before shooting it down (again).

 

[MissFish]

Thanks RobotChicken! I tried your method and it worked too. Yay for multiple solutions!!

 

[TheUX31EGuy]

Interesting problem and good solutions. I'm going to be honest, sometimes I get like, grey lines for the pieces. I found the solution for that is going into the Settings, then Print And Paper Settings and switching it from bitmap print to Vector print.