Print panel: wrong axis scale

I am using Print Panel to automatically get a copy of the graph produced on the front panel at the end of a run. The printed graph sometimes has an axis whose scale is wrong by a factor of 10 (in either direction). This happens to both the x- and y- axes but never both axes at the same time. The problem is sporadic.
The incorrect axes never appear on-screen. If the front panel is printed using File>Print after running, the axes are correct. Axis options AutoScale and Loose Fit are selected for both axes. The graph is an XY Graph with multiple plots.
Any insight?

I have noticed that the print front panel has a timing issue. The time I
noticed it I had made a subvi just for the purpose of formatting some data
and printing it. The graph would sometimes come out blank if I did not put
in a delay.
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> I am using Print Panel to automatically get a copy of the graph
> produced on the front panel at the end of a run. The printed graph
> sometimes has an axis whose scale is wrong by a factor of 10 (in
> either direction). This happens to both the x- and y- axes but never
> both axes at the same time. The problem is sporadic.
>
> The incorrect axes never appear on-screen. If the front panel is
> printed using File>Print after
running, the axes are correct. Axis
> options AutoScale and Loose Fit are selected for both axes. The graph
> is an XY Graph with multiple plots.
> Any insight?

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