Thanks, Rex. I wish it were that simple. I sholud have mentioned that I have tried different print resolutions, from 300 DPI X 600 DPI up to 1200 DPI Highest quality. There is a slight improvement at the highest levels, but still not as good as I have in the other programs I've used (Finale and whatever the bitmap reader is.
Steve On Nov 18, 2003, at 1:46 PM, Rex Baldazo wrote: > Sounds like it might be a print quality setting. In Word XP you go to > the File->Print menu, which pops up the print dialog. Then click the > Options button in that dialog and one of the checkboxes will be "Draft > Output". That's useful if you are in fact wanting to print out a > quick draft, and it saves you a bit of ink too. On text you may not > even notice the difference in draft mode but for images you almost > certainly will notice the effect of Draft Output mode. > > There's gotta be a similar option somewhere in Word for OS X. I'm > just not sure where, my iBook is not with me here at work right now. > > --- Rex Baldazo > --- Senior Editor > --- Builder.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu > [mailto:owner-macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu] On Behalf Of Stephen > Ellis > Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 1:23 PM > To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu > Subject: MacGroup: Printer Problem > > > I am new to the world of OS X. My printer is a Lexmark Z52, which I > also used with my former computer (a Gateway PC). I frequently > prepared a Word document that has a line to a bitmap file. When I > print, the copy is not as clear and sharp as I would get before. What > is most curious is that if I use the same bitmap in ax Excel file, the > image is a sharp as it was before. I created the bitmap file with > Finale (music notation software), printed out the page (which was > sharp), then scanned that into a bitmap file (which when printed is > also sharp). Since the same printer is being used for all of these > applications, it would seem to be something within Word. Does anyone > have any thoughts on the problem? > > Steve > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be November 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. This > | list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be November 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be November 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>.
