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Hi
Firstly, thank you to the
many of you who replied with very thoughtful
and insightful suggestions. This list is a great resource and I appreciate
the support offered.
Unfortunately, as many of you have mentioned, this
is not a new issue and one that there doesn't seem to be an easy fix for.
It was somewhat comforting to know that others had experienced the same pain but
disappointing that it seems to have been around for quite a while and not been
resolved in newer releases of MI Pro!!!
I'll run through some of the attempted solutions
and the results obtained.
1. Converting Layout to JPG and
then printing the JPG as a PDF through MapInfo or other picture viewing
software.
This seemed to offer some hope but after trying
various resolutions of JPG, the PDF results coming from them all had severe
shadowing around the region outlines, text, etc. The JPG was opened in
MapInfo and also other picture viewing tools with no acceptable
result.
2. Thinning the region
objects.
Using the Snap/Thin functionality from the Objects
menu, the region objects were thinned but the hairlines still appeared, albeit
more of them and in different places than before. This would seem to
indicate some change was effected but not a solution. Perhaps with more
trialing, this may lead to a more positive outcome.
3. Pattern/Fill
colours.
Trialed a number of options with patterns and fill
colours. The colours being used in the thematic that was the initial
source of the problem were all solid fills and various colours chosen from the
standard MapInfo palette. Of interest here was that when the 2 particular
region shadings that were displaying the hairlines were changed to solid
fill and a colour from the top line of the MapInfo colour palette, the hairlines
went away. This offers some solution but severely restricts the colour
choices available.
4. Converting to JPG and then
using Adobe Acrobat Professional to convert to PDF (The
Winner).
Using 300dpi or 600dpi JPG files produced from the
Layout in MapInfo, the resulting PDF created by using the "Create PDF from file"
option in Adobe Acrobat Professional V6.0 seemed to be more than acceptable
(much different result to using MI Pro or other viewing software and printing
the JPG as a PDF). This seems to be the most effective solution as we can
retain the colours preferred by the client and gain acceptable PDF
results. The only hiccup we found using this method was that we had the
perimeter of the regions marked in a mid-grey line. This didn't translate
acceptably to the PDF so we needed to bump the outline up to either a dark grey
or black.
Again, thanks to everybody that responded and I
hope the summary above is clear enough to make sense of.
Should I get any response from the inquiry posed
through MapInfo's technical support arm that has any merit, I will be sure to
post it. Same goes for any other positive results that might come from
further experimentation.
Have a great weekend all and happy
mapping.
Regards
Tony Maber - Certified MapInfo
Professional
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