Printing SQL Server Diagrams (from SQL Server Management Studio Express)

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I am having trouble printing my diagrams, I seem to be getting portions of the diagram blocked out, etc. I've tried several different computers, printers, and databases, so it seems to be a problem with SSMS Express itself.

Is this just the way it is?

Are there any decent workarounds, or does anyone use a 3rd party product (preferably free or cheap) that can cleanly integrate with SQL Server?

7 Answers

Within the diagram, do a Copy Diagram to Clipboard from the edit menu, and then paste into a new Microsoft Word document. From there, you can scale the drawing as you wish.

If you have a printer capable of printing to 11 x 17 paper, this works well. I have been able to print schemas with 30 tables this way onto a single page, and the table objects are very nearly actual size.

Right click in a space area then choose " Copy diagram to Clipboard ".

Go to "Paint" paste it then print it.

Not sure if this will help you or not, but I usually print to PDF via CutePDF Writer.

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