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pam niedermayer <pam_pin-@cape.com> wrote: original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/epson-inkjet/?start=42777 > Not 100% sure about Illustrator or what happens when you > convert the image; but I would expect bitmaps contained > within vector programs to print just fine, as they more or > less maintain their raster data. It's only the postscript > fonts and vector graphics that I would expect to not print > well. Guess this is something I'll have to play with a bit. > I've never been able to print a postscript font to an > essentially Quickdraw/RGB printer without getting jagged > edges. One exception is if I have a bitmap of the font at > the exact size to be printed. For example, if I have bitmaps > of the postscript Gill Sans in sizes 14 and 24, those sizes > would print fine; but if I use any other sizes, such as 36 > point, I would expect to get jagged edges. Illustrator 8 can antialias art on screen. I have found that it can also do a creditable job of output to a non-Postscript (ie: Quickdraw on the Mac) printer. My theory is that since it does a decent job to the screen, which in effect is a special case Quickdraw device, it handles printer output much the same. ATM should keep type pretty clean, if you have it installed, as it has for a long time. There are artifacts which rear their ugly heads, of course, when you are trying to output Illustrator art to a Quickdraw printer. Masking doesn't always work well and the output is often kinda, well, fuzzy. Colour management doesn't seem to work. For working professionals a RIP is essential, but Illustrator 8 is surprisingly capable in a Quickdraw environment. John John Lasruk Toronto Canada - Please turn off HTML mail features. Keep quoted material short. Use accurate subject lines. http://www.leben.com/lists for instructions.
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