>I have a client who wants to print a continuous thematic map
>under MapInfo Pro 5.5 and Win2000. He is getting blobby output
>instead of a beautiful picture and would like to know if the
>problem can be rectified.
>
>I am aware of two issues that immediately spring to mind.
>
>Firstly, MapInfo Pro 5.5 does not like to print continuous
>thematic maps in 24 bit colour ... sometimes.
I would be surprised to learn of any times.
>I know that you can get around this problem by setting the
>colours back to 256 : Use RegEdit.EXE to create a new DWORD value:
>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MapInfo\MapInfo\CommonDLLs\UseTrueColor
>and set it to 0x00000000 (0)
Yes, this would force dithering.
>Secondly, MapInfo Pro 5.5 is not supported under Windows 2000.
>Can't really think of a solution but I might have to suggest that
>this is a compelling reason to upgrade. I guess that is the
>price you pay when you are on bleeding edge ... you have to
>upgrade the application to fit with the OS, or the OS to run the
>apps. Of course, I would like to verify that it would solve the
>problem before I suggest this as a solution. Can someone provide
>me with an indication of whether this would be the case so that I
>could help prepare my client for an upgrade :-)
24-bit colour printing was a significant area of focus for version
6.0, and I expect that you will find those continuous thematic maps
to print beautifully with 6.0.
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