Distiller is a utility that comes with Acrobat that converts postscript
files to PDFs. Very useful.
Bill Landis...
Information Management Director, Global Mapping Services
CB Richard Ellis
P 602 735 5233 F 602 735 5655
-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Shepherd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, September 23, 1999 4:56 PM
To: Landis, Bill @ Phoenix
Subject: RE: MI MapInfo to pdf
What is distiller?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Landis, Bill @ Phoenix
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, 24 September 1999 01:37
> To: James Marlow; MapInfo Mail List 1 (E-mail)
> Subject: RE: MI MapInfo to pdf
>
>
> The rough bitmap problem can be solved if you use a
postscript printer
> driver to create a .ps (I like the HP 8500) file and use
> Distiller to create
> the PDF.
>
> Distiller's options default to resampling bitmaps to 72
dpi.
> Turn that
> nasty thing off. Set the output resolution to 400 dpi for
> the PDF itself
> and everything looks great with JPEG compression set to
high quality.
>
> Bill Landis...
> Information Management Director, Global Mapping Services
> CB Richard Ellis
> P 602 735 5233 F 602 735 5655
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of James
Marlow
> Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 1999 12:09
PM
> To: 'Declan Troy'; Mapinfo-L (E-mail)
> Subject: RE: MI MapInfo to pdf
>
> Hi Declan
>
> I have had excellent luck printing to a pdf,
with the
> exception of some
> bitmaps. We actually produce about 20% of
our
> final output
> in pdf files and
> it makes my life _much_ easier. My clients
like it, too,
> because they can
> reprint (to various printers) as often as
they
> want. The PDF
> writer also
> allows you to build documents from multiple
> sources - pretty
> cool if you
> need a map in a report.
>
> A couple of comments:
>
> 1) You need to get the latest edition of
Adobe Acrobat
> (4.0x) - 3.0 does not
> work nearly as well.
>
> 2) Bitmapped images in a layout window
> sometimes come out a
> bit ragged.
> However, raster underlays in maps seem to
work
> just fine.
>
> 3) You will need to tinker a bit to get the
right output
> settings.
>
> Overall, I strongly recommend using pdf
files -
> they do a
> good job and make
> your maps very transportable.
>
> Regards,
>
> James
>
> James L Marlow
> Director, Geographic Information Systems
> Channel Marketing Corporation
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> Dallas, Texas 75001
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Declan Troy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 1999 1:04 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: MI MapInfo to pdf
>
>
> Mappers,
>
> Anyone with positive comments about printing
> layouts (map
> windows) to pdf
> files using Acrobat. Do the pdf files look
> pretty true to
> the originals?
> Does printed output of the pdf file compare
well with
> printing direct from
> MapInfo? I've yet to try it but it seems
that
> combining pdf
> files might be
> a good way to get map illustrations into
reports with
> reasonable quality
> (better than saving windows as files) if the
> map pdfs retain
> printer
> quality.
>
> Declan
>
>
>
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