PDF Export with fixed column widths ignores page break on Analysis item

Hi experts,
we use the column width modification to define fixed column width in a analysis item. On the same Web template we want to export the whole template including the analysis item to PDF format. First of all everything worked properly, but the fixed widths have not been applied to the PDF. According to [SAP Support Note 1336188|https://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/1336188] and additional explainations from [SDN Thread 1558536|Column Width Modification not working in Print Version; we solved the problem.
Unfortunately another problem arises. Our Analysis item delivers a big number of rows which extent multiple pages. By applying the export fix width parameter all page breaks are ignored, meaning that the analysis item is never shown completely in the PDF. We tried all parameter options of the Export Function without success. It seems that the EXPORT_FIX_WIDTH is just working for analysis items, which fit on one single page by length.
Any ideas how to solve this?
FYI, our XHTML code (Version SAP BW 7.0 SP 19):
<bi:ANALYSIS_ITEM name="ANALYSIS_ITEM_1">
<bi:DATA_PROVIDER_REF value="DP_1" />
<bi:MODIFICATION type="CHOICE" value="MOD_SINGLE_MODULE" >
<bi:MOD_SINGLE_MODULE type="COMPOSITE" index="1" >
<bi:ACTIVE value="X" />
<bi:MOD_SELECT type="CHOICE" value="MOD_GENERIC_MODULE" >
<bi:MOD_GENERIC_MODULE type="COMPOSITE" >
<bi:MOD_REFERENCE value="com.sap.ip.bi.rig.ColumnWidth" />
<bi:MOD_PARAMETER_LIST type="ORDEREDLIST" >
    <bi:MOD_PARAMETER type="COMPOSITE" index="1" >
      <bi:MOD_PARAM_NAME value="COLUMN_DEFAULT" />
      <bi:MOD_PARAM_VALUE type="CHOICE" value="INTEGER" >
        <bi:INTEGER value="50" />
      </bi:MOD_PARAM_VALUE>
    </bi:MOD_PARAMETER>
    <bi:MOD_PARAMETER type="COMPOSITE" index="2" >
      <bi:MOD_PARAM_NAME value="EXPORT_FIX_WIDTH" />
      <bi:MOD_PARAM_VALUE type="CHOICE" value="BOOLEAN" >
        <bi:BOOLEAN value="X" />
      </bi:MOD_PARAM_VALUE>
    </bi:MOD_PARAMETER>
</bi:MOD_PARAMETER_LIST>
</bi:MOD_GENERIC_MODULE>
</bi:MOD_SELECT>
</bi:MOD_SINGLE_MODULE>
</bi:MODIFICATION>
</bi:ANALYSIS_ITEM>
Any help and comments will be appreciated. Thank you!
Best regards,
Sebastian

Thank you!
Unfortunately I didn't find any work around.
Thanks,
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