Why doesn't my printed graph look the same as the one I see on screen?

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Common Problems > Why doesn't my printed graph look the same as the one I see on screen?

When the 'Visible Samples' printing option is selected, the sample range shown on the printed graph corresponds to that shown on screen. This means that the temperature/humidity values span in the vertical axis and the time span in the horizontal axis are the same for printed graph and the one on screen.

You may however, not see the same axis annotation values for each. There are two reasons for this.

•The font used for the on-screen graph annotation differs from the font used in the printed report.

•The aspect ratio (height vs. width) of the graph will be different. For the screen graph, the aspect ratio is determined by the dimensions of the window the graph is displayed in. For the printed graph the aspect ratio depends on the paper size, the paper orientation, and the height of the graph as a percentage of the page.

Temprecord spaces the graticule annotation so that the time and date text can be written comfortably in the space allocated without becoming difficult to read because of crowding. The format of the date and time is determined by your computer's regional settings. See setting the date and time format on graph view for more information.

The colors used for the printed report are configurable (see the Print Colors options) and may be different to the ones used on screen. If you want the graph colors to match the screen color, make sure that the Use screen colors on printer output option is checked.