Hi Lucian I tried doing what you suggested and I am getting the following error: "net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JRRuntimeException: No chart renderer factory specifyed for 'image_dpi' render type. at net.sf.jasperreports.charts.util.ChartUtil.getChartRendererFactory(ChartUtil.java:178)...." I am using iReport 3.6.1 and set the properties as you mentioned (going to Tools?option etc.). I even went as far including the property in the xml of the report like so: <property name="net.sf.jasperreports.chart.renderer.factory.image_dpi" value="myPackageName.ImageDPIChartRendererFactory"/> <property name="net.sf.jasperreports.chart.render.type" value="image_dpi"/> <property name="net.sf.jasperreports.chart.dpi" value="96"/> ..but get the same error described above. The class file is in a classes directory for my web apps and I also specify that folder using the same technique for setting the properties via iReport. Any suggestions?? Thanks.