When I print standard LibreOffice tables the cell borders are barely visible as the lines are too fine. Now, I assume I could do some default template magic and have all new tables have wider lines, but is there some way I can fix this problem for any document I print?
Yes, you are on the right track. For writer anyway, you need to change the default template (or create a new template for your specific project needs). Look at the help here;
http://help.libreoffice.org/Writer/Changing_the_Default_Template
…you can try changing it by using your current page style as well;
http://help.libreoffice.org/Writer/Creating_a_Page_Style_Based_on_the_Current_Page
There’s also a LibreOffice Extension for table border enhancements in Writer and Calc;
http://extensions.libreoffice.org/extension-center/borderliner
LibreOffice Help for Table Border Changes
http://help.libreoffice.org/Common/Defining_Borders_for_Tables_and_Table_Cells
Yes, I understand I can change the template, but surely this only applies for new documents? What about existing documents (as in question)? Ideally, I suppose, I want some override for this particular printer to say “don’t do lines that fine”. I suppose it’s a problem with the printer driver…
Sorry, I misunderstood the question. AFAIK, there is not automated way to do this currently. There’s a GSOC proposal to make Writer Table styles easier…http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development/Gsoc/Ideas#Implement_table_styles
Thanks for your help! Sorry I was unclear.
I know it’s been two years since this quesiton was asked, so you may have moved onto another program or figured this out for yourself by now, but just in case you haven’t, I just found a solution to this problem.
Highlight/select the entire table and then in the bottom left corner where the table menu is, there’s a drop down menu called “Borders, add lines; SHIFT to add and remove” (NOT the Line Style drop down). Select the bottom right option/image (I’d provide a screencap, but apparently I have to earn points before I can upload images, so sorry about that), which only shows up if you’ve highlighted the entire table, so be sure to do that. This option makes it so that ALL LINES in your table are considered border lines. So then you can right click on the table, select “Table…” to bring up Table Options, and under Borders you can change the width of the border line. Because your table is treating all lines as borders it thickens the entire grid instead of just the outer border lines. FEW. Hope that made sense.