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Print a chart image

On MetaTrader4 (MT4) / MetaTrader5 (MT5), you can save and print chart images. Check the chart image you wish to print in the preview screen and adjust the settings to print it. You can print in both black/white and color. If you wish to print out your image in color, you'll need to adjust the settings on MT4/MT5 beforehand.

Related article: Save chart as image

Here we will look at how to print a chart image on MT4/MT5.

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Step 1

The color setting is required to print a chart image in color. Click "Tools" in the menu and select "Options". (Shortcut keys: "Ctrl"+"O")

Options Options

Step 2

Check the "Color print" box in the "Charts" tab and click "OK".

Color print of the chart image Color print of the chart image

Step 3

Click "File" in the menu and select "Print Preview" or "Print". If you choose "Print", the printer settings of your PC will open without a preview.

Select Print Preview Select Print Preview

Step 4

If you choose "Print Preview", click "Print" after checking the chart image in the preview screen. To close the preview and return to the chart screen, click "Close".

Click Print Click Print
point To print a chart image in black/white

Charts will be printed in black/white if the color setting is not made.

Print preview in black/white when the color setting is not made Print preview in black/white when the color setting is not made

Step 1

The color setting is required to print a chart image in color. Click "Tools" in the menu and select "Options". (Shortcut keys : "Ctrl"+"O")

Color setting Color setting

Step 2

Check the "Chart color print" box in the "Charts" tab and click "OK".

Check the Chart color print box Check the Chart color print box

Step 3

Click "File" in the menu and select "Print Preview" or "Print". If you choose "Print", the printer settings of your PC will open without a preview.

Select Print Preview Select Print Preview

Step 4

Click "Print" after checking the chart image in the preview screen. If the printer settings screen appears, configure the settings and print the chart. To close the preview and return to the chart screen, click "Close".

Click Print Click Print
point To print a chart image in black/white

Charts will be printed in black/white if the color setting is not made.

Printed in black/white if the color setting is not made Printed in black/white if the color setting is not made

Date

Created

 : 2022.07.20

Update

Last updated

 : 2024.02.16

Takayoshi Nakamaru

Manual production consultant, MBA

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Takayoshi Nakamaru

Nakamaru is a manual production consultant at FINTECS, a company that specializes in creating manuals for their clients.
With a wide range of experience from fintech to entertainment, he presents what user-friendly manuals should be like.
He works with numerous large corporations as an external manual production project manager.

【Business information】
http://www.fintecs.co.jp/profile/

Supervisor

Akira Takagi

Systems engineer, MetaTrader administrator

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Akira Takagi

After graduating from Computer Science at the Uninove, Brazil, in 2014, he has worked on various systems development projects.
He participated as a developer in the launch of forex services in 2019. Since then, he has also been involved in the development of MetaTrader plugins and APIs. He is certified by MetaQuotes as a MetaTrader5 Administrator and active in consulting and advisory as well.

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