Introduction

About

This plug-in is developed by Marco Duiker from MD-kwadraat .

You will find the plugin in the web menu of QGIS. Furthermore you’ll find a print icon on a toolbar.

The plug-in provides a simple way to quickly create a pdf from the map as shown in the map pane. The map is not just a screenshot, but a real map with a title, subtitle, scalebar, date, attribution and remarks.

In this way you get a decent print without the hassle of setting up and using print templates.

As simple things go it is pretty much self-explanatory.

For printing you can choose between A3 and A4 paper sizes and between portrait and landscape paper orientation.

Settings

The new settings dialog allows you to:

  • change the date formatting
  • change the font and font size for the texts around the map
  • select an image to use as a logo

If you don’t use this settings dialog, QuickPrint will work just as you are used to.

Date formatting

For date formatting you can provide a Python format string, in which the following items will be substituted:

  • {day} by the number of the day
  • {month} by the number of the day
  • {year} by the number of the year

Font and font size

You can select a font from the font combobox to use for the titles and texts around the map.

As some fonts tend to work out a little larger or smaller than the default font, you can use the slider to set the font size a little larger or smaller to compensate for this.

North Arrow

Some people insist on putting a north pointing arrow on a map, even if the map is oriented to the north. If you want to do so, you can put an image of a north arrow on the page instead of your logo.

Beware, the north arrow will not rotate if you rotate the map.