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Dashed Line Printing Incorrectly From Illustrator

  • July 22, 2019
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Hello  and Thanks In Advance for all that reply.

For some reason my dashed lines are printing as double dashed lines and it is not even happening on the entire document which is made up of multiple artboards. It is only when I make the dashed line a solid line that it prints as a single line. On the screen it is always a single line.

Please help,

Thank you,

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    Correct answer Mike_Gondek10189183

    Please post a screenshot with view >> overprint preview on in preview mode, and also view >> outline mode.

    You may have an extra line, and not seeing if you have the default of overprint preview set to off.

    Try object >> path >> outline stroke.

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    fth88611732Author
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    July 22, 2019

    Thanks to everyone that has replied,

    Sorry about the lack of screenshots , my laptop was freezing up on me.  To clarify I'm using AI cc, my printer is an HP Officejet 3830 and I am using Windows 10.

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    fth88611732Author
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    July 22, 2019

    Here is a screen shot and a printout of that that artboard.

    Monika Gause
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    Monika GauseCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    July 23, 2019

    I wouldn't expect that printer to support PostScript.

    Try and print the file using Acrobat.

      Srishti Bali
      Community Manager
      Srishti BaliCommunity Manager
      Community Manager
      July 22, 2019

      Hi there,

      Thanks for reaching out. I understand that you facing problems while printing a file with Dashed lines. I addition to the suggestions shared above I would request if you can share the following details:

      • OS and version of Illustrator
      • Is the issue related to a specific document(s)/asset(s)? If yes, could you please share the document(s)/asset(s) with us? You can upload it to the creative cloud and share the download link.
      • Few screenshots or pictures of the issue?

      You can also check out the steps shared on this similar discussion: Illustrator exporting dashed line with a solid line behind it?

      Regards,

      Srishti

        Mike_Gondek10189183
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        Mike_Gondek10189183Community ExpertCorrect answer
        Community Expert
        July 22, 2019

        Please post a screenshot with view >> overprint preview on in preview mode, and also view >> outline mode.

        You may have an extra line, and not seeing if you have the default of overprint preview set to off.

        Try object >> path >> outline stroke.

          Ares Hovhannesyan
          Community Expert
          Ares HovhannesyanCommunity Expert
          Community Expert
          July 22, 2019

          Please print it with Adobe PDF printer and check if the bug exist. Thanks

          Bill Silbert
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          Bill SilbertCommunity Expert
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          July 22, 2019

          Please provide the version of Illustrator and the operating system you are using as well as providing a screen shot showing the actual issue. Also what kind of printer are you using?

          Mylenium
          Mylenium
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          July 22, 2019

          Impossible to know. You have not provided any info about your printer, print settings, system info and so on. Typically this happens with native PostScript/ PDF printers misinterpreting/ substituting parametric style definitions with their own, so start by checking any such options, should they exist. Anything beyond that will require much more info.

          Mylenium

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