topic PrintMap Function Issue in ArcMap 10.3 in Python Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/printmap-function-issue-in-arcmap-10-3/m-p/14304#M1123 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I recently upgraded from ArcMap 10.0 to&nbsp; ArcMap 10.3 and have had an issue I want to see if anyone knows how to fix. I use very simple Python scripts to print maps in PDF form so&nbsp; I don't open ArcMap and adjust layers and lables etc.. Here is an example of the script I use.</P><P></P><P>import arcpy.mapping</P><P>mxd =arcpy.mapping.MapDocument("filename.mxd")</P><P>printer_Name="CutePDF Writer"</P><P>arcpy.mapping.PrintMap(mxd, printer_Name,'Page_Layout')</P><P></P><P>I don't get an error when I run the script, but when I open the PDF's they are completely blank (except for text box's with the title). However, If I run this script using Python within ArcMap it works fine. I've also tried using the ExportPDF function<SPAN style="line-height: 1.5;"> and</SPAN><SPAN style="line-height: 1.5;"> the PDFs come up blank as well. </SPAN></P><P></P><P>I am certainly no python wizard, and this is about as complex as anything I do with Python, so any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 24 Mar 2015 18:08:29 GMT AndrewCorrell 2015-03-24T18:08:29Z PrintMap Function Issue in ArcMap 10.3 https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/printmap-function-issue-in-arcmap-10-3/m-p/14304#M1123 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I recently upgraded from ArcMap 10.0 to&nbsp; ArcMap 10.3 and have had an issue I want to see if anyone knows how to fix. I use very simple Python scripts to print maps in PDF form so&nbsp; I don't open ArcMap and adjust layers and lables etc.. Here is an example of the script I use.</P><P></P><P>import arcpy.mapping</P><P>mxd =arcpy.mapping.MapDocument("filename.mxd")</P><P>printer_Name="CutePDF Writer"</P><P>arcpy.mapping.PrintMap(mxd, printer_Name,'Page_Layout')</P><P></P><P>I don't get an error when I run the script, but when I open the PDF's they are completely blank (except for text box's with the title). However, If I run this script using Python within ArcMap it works fine. I've also tried using the ExportPDF function<SPAN style="line-height: 1.5;"> and</SPAN><SPAN style="line-height: 1.5;"> the PDFs come up blank as well. </SPAN></P><P></P><P>I am certainly no python wizard, and this is about as complex as anything I do with Python, so any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 24 Mar 2015 18:08:29 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/printmap-function-issue-in-arcmap-10-3/m-p/14304#M1123 AndrewCorrell 2015-03-24T18:08:29Z