On Sun, 2004-07-18 at 00:22, Wayne Maeda wrote: > On Thursday 08 July 2004 04:29 pm, Rainer Heilke wrote: > > > If it is only a single page, you can try bringing it into PhotoShop > > (since it sounds like a professional printing system, I would hope they > > have PhotoShop!). PhotoShop can bring in PDF files--the question is if > > it comes in cleanly. PhotoShop sometimes only "sees" the first image, > > rather than the whole page. If it looks OK, go to "Print with Preview" > > in the File menu. There should be a "Screen" button about 2/3 way down, > > 1/3 in from the left side. This is where you can set it. Note that you > > set it for each separation (printer colour). > > > > There used to be a way to do it from Acrobat, but that was 3 lives and 2 > > versions back, and I no longer even remember if this was a Mac-specific > > thing. :-/ Sorry. Seems to me Illustrator could do this, too, but > > again... Memory fades... > > > > IHTH > > > > Rainer > > > > Wayne Maeda wrote: > > >I'm trying to print out a tabloid size pdf file (created in Scribus) on a > > >postscript printer but can't figure out how to set the linescreen. My > > >graphics have to be printed out at 75 lpi or less. I'm using Adobe Acrobat > > >(in Windows and Linux) to print from but there doesn't seem to be any way > > > to set the linescreen. Is the linescreen set in the pdf file with > > > Scribus? Has anyone done this? > > > > > >If the page were letter size, I could print it out on my printer by using > > > the command line. However, since it's a tabloid size page, I need to use > > > an outside printer and outside computer (which runs Windows only). > > > > > > I have access to Pagemaker ( I don't have Quark) but can't figure out how > > > to load a pdf file. The documentation covers how to create a pdf file but > > > not how to load one. > > > > > >What's the best way to print out a pdf file on Windows? > > > > > I tried using Photoshop on my Scribus pdf file and the linescreen can be set > at 75 lpi except that everything gets printed out as if they were all > halftones. The photographs look good but everything black, especially text, > is treated as a halftone so instead of dark crisp black letters, I get dark > splotchy gray letters with dots in it. This wreaks havoc on my 9pt text. It's > almost unreadable. Is there a special Photoshop setting that I need to > adjust? I tried converting to grayscale but it looked even worse. > > Thanks, > Wayne > back to 1.1.7 > _________________
err.. u mean u tried the new linescreen settings in CVS? Craig -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part Url : http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20040718/1c88b29a/attachment.pgp
