Pages and Numbers gridlines don't print

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Pages and Numbers gridlines don't print

When using either Pages or Numbers, if I format a table to have gridlines printed, the gridlines are shown in the Print Preview, but they are never printed.

If I save the sheet or page to a PDF file, and then print that file, the gridlines are printed. This is my current workaround, but it would be much more convenient to be able to print directly from Pages and Numbers.

Has anyone had a similar issue ? Could the problem be printer-dependant ? My printer is a rather old Fuji Xerox DocuPrint C1110B...

Mac mini 2018 or later

Posted on Feb 5, 2021 5:21 PM

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bailier

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Feb 8, 2021 12:02 PM in response to spoona

Hey spoona,

Sounds like you're not seeing your gridlines when printing normally from Pages or Numbers. We'd be happy to help.

You have the option to print with or without gridlines in Numbers for your Mac but you'll have to prep your document before printing. By default, a blank Numbers document will setup the gridlines at .35pt thickness or something around that number, which doesn't show up when you print as it's too thin. If you select table, go to "Format" in the top right inspector > Cell > Border > select the border for 4 boxes and change thickness to anything above .35pt and you will see it will print the gridlines. Adjust the thickness as needed until you're able to get them to print successfully without the workaround you've mentioned.

Check out the following resources for more help here:

Numbers for Mac User Guide: Print a spreadsheet in Numbers on Mac

Change table gridlines and colors in Numbers on Mac

We hope this information helps out.

Take care!

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spoona Author

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Feb 8, 2021 3:56 PM in response to bailier

Thank you for your reply, and sorry that I didn't already mention that I had tried increasing the line thicknesses. Even with them increased all the way to 6pt (!) for both table border and cell borders, none of the lines print.

However, if I first save as a PDF, even with lines narrower than 1pt, and print from Acrobat Reader DC, they are printed.

This suggests to me that Adobe Acrobat Reader DC knows how to correctly use the printer driver, but that Pages and Numbers are not quite speaking the same language.

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MoonJ.

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Feb 9, 2021 9:21 AM in response to spoona

spoona,

Thanks for those details. If that's the case, ensure that everything is fully updated and if it already is, and the behavior persists, we'd suggest working with Apple Support from here so they can look into this behavior with you further within Pages and Numbers. They can be contacted for support here: Get Support

Take care!

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Pages and Numbers gridlines don't print

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