>From my understanding (after having read the .eps specification) postscript >pictures require all image data to be ASCII. TIFF is a binary (picture) >format, and .eps can accomodate ASCII-encoded images. I use Quark for graphic >design and it renders them properly, however, if the final output is to be >assembled on a postscript printer, i.e., images, fonts, and postscript page >data are uploaded to the printer, the printer will need .eps images. If >however, completed files (i.e., .pdf) files are sent to the printer, it will >accomodate either .eps or .tif images, with either ASCII encoding or binary >encoding.
---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Dennis Bathory-Kitsz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2004 13:33:18 -0500 >At 07:03 PM 12/7/04 +0100, d. collins wrote: >>I've always >>been asked for EPS graphic files. > >I've never been. All the books and manuals I have designed were sent to the >printer as PDF files, using embedded TIFFs for all illustrations, diagrams, >maps and photos. They were going into rasterizers anyway. (Admittedly, >these were all final documents, and no resizing was going to be needed.) > >(the other) Dennis > > >_______________________________________________ >Finale mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > ________________________________________________________________ Sent via the WebMail system at cuisp.com _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
