PM86270: Unreadable characters on printed class diagrams

Rational Software Architect 9.1
Rational Software Architect for WebSphere Software 9.1
Rational Software Architect RealTime Edition 9.1
Rational Software Architect Fix Pack 2 (8.5.5.2) for 8.5.5
Rational Software Architect for WebSphere Software Fix Pack 2 (8.5.5.2) for 8.5.5
Rational Software Architect 9.1.1
Rational Software Architect for WebSphere Software 9.1.1
Rational Software Architect RealTime Edition 9.1.1
Rational Software Architect Fix Pack 3 (8.5.5.3) for 8.5.5
Rational Software Architect for WebSphere Software Fix Pack 3 (8.5.5.3) for 8.5.5
Rational Software Architect for WebSphere Software 9.1.2
Rational Software Architect 9.1.2
Rational Software Architect RealTime Edition 9.1.2
Rational Software Architect Fix Pack 4 (8.5.5.4) for 8.5.5
Rational Software Architect for WebSphere Software Fix Pack 4 (8.5.5.4) for 8.5.5
Rational Software Architect for WebSphere Software Fix Pack 1 (9.1.2.1) for 9.1.2
Rational Software Architect Fix Pack 1 (9.1.2.1) for 9.1.2
Rational Software Architect Fix Pack 2 (9.1.2.2) for 9.1.2
Rational Software Architect Fix Pack 3 (9.1.2.3) for 9.1.2
Rational Software Architect for WebSphere Software Fix Pack 1 (9.1.2.3) for 9.1.2

APAR status

• Closed as Permanent restriction.

Error description

• Environment:
  - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.8 and 5.9
      - Product: Rational Software Architect 8.0.4.2
  
  Reproducible: Y
  
  Description of problem:
  
  When you print class diagrams with RSA, the name of some UML
  elements are blurry and unreadable on the resulting print. This
  seem to happen with long names but is not directly triggered by
  reaching a certain number of characters.
  
  Also, when the name of an element of the project is selected
  when you choose to print, the name is not printed itself. Only
  the selection rectangle gets printed (see screenshot with
  selection).
  
  Depending on the font you are using, the problem happens more or
  less frequently, but no font seems to be immune (see attached
  screenshot, with the Sans and DejaVuSans fonts).
  
  This has been reproduced on RHEL 5.9 with a 1024*768 Resolution
  and a printer with a 300 dpi resolution. It was reproduced, with
  fonts Sans and Serif, and to a lesser extent, with fonts DejaVu
  LGC Sans, DejaVu LGC Sans Condensed, DejaVu LGC Serif,
  Liberation Sans, Liberation Serif, BitStream Vera Sans and
  Bitstream Vera Serif.
  
  Steps to reproduce
  
  1) Import the attached project (testcase.zip).
  2) Print the diagram called TestCaseClassDiagram
  3) Notice that several attributes or class names are unreadable
  after they have been printed.
  
  Workaround
  
  You can circumvent this issue by saving the diagram as a PDF
  (via the 'file -? save as image' context menu) and then printing
  the pdf file.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

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  This defect is an Eclipse problem on the GMF (Graphical
  Modeling Framework), see
  https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=412041
  The funtionality is out of the hands of Rational Software
  Architect development and currently there are no resources
  available with Eclipse development for this.
  

Problem conclusion

• This defect is an Eclipse problem on the GMF (Graphical
  Modeling Framework), see
  https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=412041
  The funtionality is out of the hands of Rational Software
  Architect development and currently there are no resources
  available with Eclipse development for this.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

Applicable component levels