Chart print-out problem

Anybody experienced this weird problem?

1. Print preview is good.

2. It's only when I click "print", which whether printed as soft or hard copy, will end up like the following. The whole chart is squeezed to 1 side and the printing is wrong (I print them as black and white, not color) as follows:


3. And it takes many prints before I get a proper printout as follows:


4. So my last resort was to print as PDF files to make sure it's a viewable before I print a hard copy (sometimes takes 10-15 prints to get 1 good print).

Hope someone is having the same problem and had it resolved. This is driving me nuts!

Why don't you use a program such as screenhunter, snag it or even printscreen command, plus there are many other programs that you can take a screenshot of whole screen or part and then save as a jpeg or bmp file.

You can get free versions to try first.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/w...nt-your-screen

Thanks for the suggestion. Snipping Tool, which is part of Windows Vista/7 does that as well.

In case you are not aware - MT4's "print" command produces white background, black and white candles/bars, regardless of the setting in the chart.

All the capture programs and "save as picture" option does not do that. And my charts are all black background and light colored candles/bars/indicators.

And since I insert trends, comments, fib levels on my charts here and there, it would not be feasible to use 1 template for printing and 1 template for viewing either.

The chart is printed black and white by default, but it can also be printed in color. Just check the "Color print" field in the "Charts" tab of the "Tools -> Options" menu.

i would be happy to get a printout in bw, but on full page. all my pdf-s end up like the first image. i wonder, how to get a pdf like last one?