I have to admit to not following this thread
closely, probably because I have my work arounds
down to a system by now. I do see a quote from
me from about a year ago at the end of this..so
perhaps a comment is warranted. We still hit the
28,000 dpi limit, regardless of version 7.5, 7.8
or 8.0. I did at one point ask tech support if
this issue had been addressed for 8.0 and when
they said no I just figured it was par for the
course and, unfortunately, was not surprised.
While we routinely get spectacular hard copy
output from MapInfo I am the first to admit it
appears to be at least as much "art" as science.
My adobe print driver always defaults to 1200 dpi
resolution and for large maps, as a matter of
course, I now calculate the print size I can get
away with at 600dpi and try to stay within that
limit, setting the adobe resolution back to 600
dpi each time (via one of the advanced buttons in
the printer settings.) If I absolutely need a
larger map, which is not often, I cut the
resolution back and hope for the best. As
geologists we do often need large plots of
complex maps but I have rarely encountered a
situation that won't conform, one way or another
to 600dpi and about 46.5 inches in the longest
dimension. Unfortunately I have at least one
client who just couldn't live with a map shorter
than 60 inches at resolutions greater than 300
dpi and ended up maintaining their ESRI
license(s) and printing out of Arc as there is no limitation there! Argh.
Cinda Graubard
GeoMax
At 11:03 PM 9/26/2005, Williams, Bill \(DPS\) wrote:
Mats E/Mathieu/et al
We have had the same problem with the 28 000
pixel restriction (print to plotter or PDF), so
I had a look at V7.8 printing file on the CD to
see if the restriction applied to 7.8 as well.
It is written in the 7.8 printing .pdf file in
the same manner as in V8 that thou shall not exceed 28 thou pixels.
I then tested the same file in V7.8 which we
keep loaded on a demo PC and printed on the
plotter as well as to a PDF (thru Adobe)file
with no problems at all. So the restriction
doesn't seem to be enforced by V7.8.
Has anyone experienced this restriction in other versions ?
My colleague and I discussed just when we
started getting the rigid restriction problem
and it seems to have appeared just after we loaded the V8 patch.
Next test platform is to remove and reload V8
without the patch and see if the restriction returns.
Has anyone approached MapInfo Corp or received
any reassurance from MapInfo Corp that this
problem is being looked into/will be removed/can
be blindsided with science or something ?
Am very interested in other user's experience. Thanks.
Bill Williams
GIS Specialist, Map Resource Centre
Parliamentary Library, Department of Parliamentary Services
Parliament House, Canberra ACT 2600
Telephone : 02 62772513
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-----Original Message-----
From: Mats Elfström [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, 26 September 2005 9:50 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: MI-L Ang. MI-L Another PDF map printing query
Hi Mathieu!
You blamed your problem on Adobe, but on Friday, August 13, 2004, Cinda
Graubard from GeoMax wrote to this list:
"MapInfo tech support has confirmed what a
client recently stated: MapInfo has a hard wired
printing limitation of 28,000 pixels per any row
or column. Tech support told me that MapInfo imposes this limitation in
order to keep the software compatible with
Microsoft's Windows 98 or lower operating systems."
As a side note I think that maybe MI should say goodbye to Win 98 users,
if that is necessary to lift this limit.
But meanwhile, try adjusting the resolution of your pdf output. In most
cases, ordinary printers or plotters cannot use resolutions above 300 dpi,
and some printers use a smoothing that makes 150 dpi look just like 300
dpi.
Maybe your pdf engine is set to 600 or even 1200 dpi which only bloats the
pdf file to no good.
Hälsning / Best regards Mats.E
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MI-L Another PDF map printing query
Ahhh, I just LOVE Adobe PDF writer!
It's SOOOO much better than PDF995... Really... Honest...
Ok, now my problem is this: when I try to print
off large (A1 or bigger) PDF maps, Adobe "Clips"
my resultant map because it's more than 28,000 pixels.
Long story short - I can't find any "I don't
care how big it is, just make the darn map
already!" option in any of the menus.
I know it's an Adobe thing rather than Mapinfo,
but since you guys seem to know pretty much
anything I come up with I thought I'd ask you lot first...
Cheers
Mat
Mathieu Apers
Mapping Co-ordinator
Letterbox Channel
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