I’m using custom colors for dark backgrounds in schematic editor
The problem is that the color output is the same when I try to print on white paper.
I think It would be nice to use the default colors or an alternate color set for printing /exporting.
It would seem to be a local printer driver setting. There is a modus for most drivers (if not all) to tell the driver to not print black page backgrounds.
I set the background color in KiCad to 1 (almost black) from day one and never had anything printed out with dark background. Using CUPS 2.2.7.
Sorry Jos but i think you’re reading me too fast.
I’m not searching for a workaround or a bugfix.
I already use B&W printing and in fact I don’t really need color printing.
But, in my humble opinion, the display colors and print colors may be different for the needs of some users.
That’s why I think that a color scheme dedicated to printing rather than just one for display and printing would be a nice new feature, although it is not of the utmost importance.
Though good luck with entering the color mine field. Colors have a tendeny to fade and eventually turn roughly uniform in appearance. Monochrome prints fade too, however they do so more likely in unison of that black/dark substance transferred onto paper.
What looks meaningful for some can be a ‘disaster’ for others. B/W keeps it reasonably levelled for most human eyes. In serious commercial applications I’d keep it B/W for in-ambiguity reasons.