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.
Logo¶
You can put a logo in the top righthand corner of all prints you make, by providing one of the following:
- A URL to an image file. This URL should start with
http://
orhttps://
.- A path to a local file on your file system. It’s best to use the
Browse
button 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.