Background Patterns and exporting to PDF

Hi Everybody,

I have a report with a chart that utilizes both colors and background patterns to distinguish various pieces of data. The background patterns work great (they are very clear and provide excellent contrast) when viewed in the report viewer or printed straight from the report viewer.

However, when I export to PDF, the background patterns become compressed and small, almost to the point of being too small to distinguish that there is a pattern at all. The result ends up being what appears to be just a different shade of the background color. This is particularly a problem when you then print the PDF on paper, since hatching patterns are similar to how printers create different shades in the first place.

I am somewhat suspicious that this might have to do with resolution settings for PDF exports. If I could lower the resolution, perhaps the patterns would not become so tight and compressed. Below are examples of what I'm describing:

Screenshot of the report viewer:

Screenshot of the PDF:

Thanks for any info or suggestions you can provide.

May 16th, 2012 9:50pm

Hi There

I am not sure whether it could help you but you can try this option inside your reporting services Rsreportserver.config file please set HumanReadablePDF DeviceInfo parameter to true

Note By default, the Rsreportserver.config file is located in the following folder:

%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft SQL Server\MSRS10.<InstanceName>\Reporting Services\ReportServer

You can also refer to the following article, it might give you some clues

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2282743

Many thanks

Syed Qazafi Anjum

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May 16th, 2012 11:56pm

Hello,

I have also encountered the same issue, wondering if you have found any workaround for this?

the solution suggested underneath is not working for me. Any help please.....

Regards

Sujay

May 11th, 2015 12:25am

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