Re: You CAN print directly from Illustrator

["Becky Watts" <bwatts@top.monad.net>]

One tiny (medium tiny) issue as a follow-up though - -
you cannot print placed "eps" files from illustrator, freehand, quark
etc.  - - they will print - -  but ony the screen view tif prints
- - thus very pixelated... this is where only a postscrip RIP will do.
(or printing to PDF first, etc)

Bob O. sending from home.


-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Fernandez <bill@billfernandez.com>
To: epson-inkjet@leben.com <epson-inkjet@leben.com>
Date: Wednesday, July 07, 1999 12:39 AM
Subject: You CAN print directly from Illustrator


>Greetings--
>
>Over the past few months I've noticed occasional questions about printing
>PostScript files such as those created in Illustrator, and answers
>involving Postscript RIPs.  I haven't used Illustrator for such a long time
>that I just assumed it wouldn't print to a non-PostScript printer such as
>our beloved Epson inkjets without first running the images through a raster
>image processor (RIP), or converting to PDF and printing from Acrobat, etc.
>
>Well, my mom has been asking for advice about printers and popped the
>question about printing Illustrator files on Epsons.  So I pulled out my
>3-year old copy of Illustrator 6.0 for the Macintosh, read the manual, did
>some test prints on my Epson 1200, and lo and behold I got some perfectly
>lovely prints; with sharp edges, smooth gradients, and perfect-looking
>type.  The only thing I had to do to get good dithering was to go to the
>Document Setup dialog and ask Illustrator NOT to screen the images before
>sending them to the printer.  The manual also points out that a built-in
>feature allows me to save any Illustrator file as a fully rasterized TIFF
>file at any resolution I want.  The TIFF file can then be opened by
>Photoshop for filtering, color manipulation and printing.  I assume that
>current versions of Illustrator still have these features.
>
>
>Now I don't disbelieve those who say that you can get much greater control
>over tone curves, etc. using a RIP, but apparently you don't HAVE to have
>one to print Illustrator documents to an Epson inkjet. This clears up a
>misconception I had, and I thought some on the list would be interested in
>this discovery.
>
>--Bill
>
>
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