# Dimension tool prints as solid black

**URL:** <https://forums.sketchup.com/t/dimension-tool-prints-as-solid-black/37518>\
**Category:** SketchUp\
**Created:** [January 17, 2017, 5:56pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/dimension-tool-prints-as-solid-black/37518 "2017-01-17T17:56:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![jandjgiles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@jandjgiles](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/jandjgiles)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 5:56pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/dimension-tool-prints-as-solid-black/37518/1 "2017-01-17T17:56:35Z")

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I recently updated to sketchup match 2017  
dimension show perfectly on screen but when I try to print - come out as thick black lines and text not visable  
Old version worked perfectly!

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**Author:** ![DaveR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/daver/32/7601_2.png) [@DaveR](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/DaveR)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 6:50pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/dimension-tool-prints-as-solid-black/37518/2 "2017-01-17T18:50:03Z")

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Can you show a screen shot of how it looks? Maybe via Print Preview?

Very likely it is a problem with your graphics card.

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**Author:** ![jandjgiles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@jandjgiles](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/jandjgiles)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 2:51pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/dimension-tool-prints-as-solid-black/37518/3 "2017-01-20T14:51:23Z")

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seems to happen after a while using the dimension - when it starts, I have to close down completely to try and correct , but doesn’t always help

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