Which paper size should I choose?

A3 landscape holds most construction schedules. Past 60 tasks, move to A1 or to the single page for a plotter.

Is the Gantt chart in colour?

It is in print colours: grey for bars, red for the critical path and the status date. No schedule state is painted green, because in this trade green reads as "on time".

Can I print the file's dates instead of the recalculated ones?

Yes, it is a setting in the workshop, and the PDF footer says which of the two was printed.

Convert a schedule to a printable PDF

Drop the schedule and choose the paper. The Gantt chart is cut into pages, the name column is redrawn on each one, and every page carries a dated footer and its number.

Drop a schedule file

Microsoft Project XML, Primavera P6 XER, GanttProject .gan, CSV or .xlsx table, .mpp recognised. Or

When to use it

The schedule has to go up on the site office wall, be attached to a meeting report, or be sent to someone who will not open a schedule file.

Or a plotter print is needed, on one very wide page, for the meeting room.

What this page does

A4 to A0, portrait or landscape, or a single page at the exact size of the chart.
The name column is redrawn on every page: a page on its own stays readable.
A continuation marker says that a bar carries on onto the next page.
The footer carries the schedule name, the print date, the scale and the source of the dates.
The PDF is written here, byte by byte, with no third-party library.

What it does not do: The PDF is a print, not a working file: it does not import back into Project. The fonts used are the standard PDF fonts; a task name in a non-Latin script is not rendered yet.

What is read

Microsoft Project XML, Primavera P6 XER, GanttProject .gan, a CSV or .xlsx table.
The file's holidays and calendars, which shade non-working days on the chart.

No file is uploaded: the schedule is read by your browser, in this tab, and the page is not allowed to open a connection to any other site.

Frequently asked questions

Which paper size should I choose?: A3 landscape holds most construction schedules. Past 60 tasks, move to A1 or to the single page for a plotter.
Is the Gantt chart in colour?: It is in print colours: grey for bars, red for the critical path and the status date. No schedule state is painted green, because in this trade green reads as "on time".
Can I print the file's dates instead of the recalculated ones?: Yes, it is a setting in the workshop, and the PDF footer says which of the two was printed.

Other pages

Convert a schedule to Excel : An .xlsx workbook with real dates and real numbers, not text.
Export a Gantt chart as an image : A PNG to paste into a report, an SVG to rework in a layout tool.
Convert a schedule to CSV : One row per task, for import into another tool.
Open an .mpp file : Microsoft Project's native format, the one nobody opens without Project.
Open a Project XML : Microsoft Project's interchange format, read in full and written back.