Lloyd, A lot depends on the "properties" that you have set at the time that ypu "print" the PDF.
The weird ones are probably printing color by shading on a black and white printer, so try setting your pparameters to "monochrome" and 600dpi. You would probably do well to "print" the same schematic several different times using different settings each time, to see which ones you like best. As a side note, I have found that Acrobat PDF Writers of several different vintages (3.2, 4.0, and 5.0) seem to screw up some schematics when there are certain types of lines present in the schematic, notably dashed lines, where it turns all of the lines into dashed lines. This appears to be an Adobe Acrobat Write Bug, although I have found that removing the dashed lines fixed the problem (I have noticed this primarily with Orcad Schematic Capture, but also with some Protel Schematics). This problem is not always predictable, in that it may show up on one Schematic and not the next (seems to have something to do with interpreting the file). JaMi Smith -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 3:21 PM To: Protel EDA Forum Subject: [PEDA] PDF quality difference 98 and 99SE One of the Engineers came to me today with an interesting item. He showed me some pdf files of schematics that were generated from Protel 99SE and some that were generated from Protel 98. The pdf files generated by 99SE had some very peculiar junction dot shapes and lines that appeared to shift and stagger. Has anyone else noticed a difference in the quality of the pdf's generated by the two different versions? We are using Acrobat 4.0 for writing. PDF writer and distiller. Regards, GE Energy Services ______________________ Lloyd Good Development Digitization Substation Automation Solutions General Electric Canada, Inc. 2728 Hopewell Place N.E., Calgary, Alberta T1Y 7J7 CANADA Tel: 403.214.4777, Dialcomm: 8.498.4777, Fax: 403.287.7946 Website: www.gepower.com/geharrisenergy/ NOTICE: The information contained in this e-mail is privileged, confidential and intended solely for the use of the addressee named above. If the reader of this e-mail is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify me immediately by telephone (collect) at (1) 403.214.4400 and destroy this e-mail as well as any copy. Thank you. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
