To verify that it is a printer driver problem, try installing a postscript printer driver, then view the output
1. Install postscript printer driver: Start - printers and faxes - click Add a printer - Next - select Local printer, click Next - select Use the following port, select FILE: (Print to File), click Next - under manufacturer select HP, under Printers select HP LaserJet 4/4M PS, click Next [note the PS, for PostScript, is the key thing here] - name it anything you want, like "PS to file", click next - next - next - Finish 2. Install a postscript viewer: Ghostscript, for example, can be obtained from http://tinyurl.com/9ob7q (http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=1897&package_id=1 845&release_id=365807). The 32-bit windows version is at http://tinyurl.com/ct9gb (http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/ghostscript/gs853w32.exe?download). Run the gs853w32.exe file to install Ghostscript. 3. Generate output with possible problem: In CdC, generate the output that usually shows the tiny print problem, but instead of the physical printer, print to the Postscript printer installed above ("PS to file" in above example). You will be prompted for a file name to save the output to. End the filename in .ps - to do this, you'll need to switch the file type to all files or else it will append .prn to whatever file name you use; if this happens, of course you can rename the file. 4. View the CdC output: Start Ghostscript using the Start menu item installed by the application installer. This will create two windows, one called "Ghostscript" and the other "Ghostscript Image." Using Windows Explorer, drag the CdC print output .ps file created above and drop it on the "Ghostscript" window. The image will appear win the "Ghostscript Image" window. 5. Tell us what happens: Compare the output from your physical printer with the problem and Ghostscript; the "Ghostscript Image" window's menu (just the fancy 'g' in the upper left corner) has a "copy to clipboard" option, in case you want to save the image. Reply to here with observations. hope this helps, William -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of bugtraq69 Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 6:55 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [skychart-discussion] Re: Ciel 3.09 Font disparity - screen vs printer That confirms what I'm seeing as well. I can't reproduce this either, on XP sp2, connected to an obsolete Epson 600 (@360 or 600 dpi), neither do I see it on a state-of-the-art Epson R800. Laser printing to a LaserJet 4050 is also fine. I experimented a bit changing the Constellation name font sizes last night and all the changes I did were reflected as-expected on the print. In the end I got my digicam out and took a set of photos of my screen and some close-up shots of sample prints using macro mode. I'll upload them to my ISP's webspace when I get home tonight and post the link. All I can think of is that somewhere along the line the driver isn't being updated with the app values, and is defaulting to some factory setting. I get this issue from time to time when printing contact sheets from my digicam using Canon's PhotoRecord app. You go in and set it to best resolution and colours but when it prints, it prints as if were still set in normal mode. In this particular case my workaround is to do a page setup first selecting best, and then open the Epson driver utility and set to best in there as well. I find that if I miss this second step, it still prints in normal mode. I guess Canon's cr*ppy app doesn't actually update the printer driver if you override the default settings, even though it quite happily informs you that, yup, the next print will be in best mode - which it won't be. Given the posts so far, some are fine - others are not, I'm inclined to suspect a printer driver issue could well be the cause. For those of you experiencing this problem, I'd suggest googling for driver issues for your particular printer model, and try upgrading the drivers to the latest versions, alternatively, and somewhat counter- intuitively try installing previous versions, as new releases can introduce new bugs and not just fix old ones. Regards Peter --- In [email protected], Patrick Chevalley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I cannot reproduce the "tiny font" problem. > I try on 300 and 600 dpi HP laserjet, 360 and 720 dpi Epson without problem. > Can you try with Pdfcreator at various resolution to test if the problem is the print driver or other setting. > http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/ > I use this software a lot to save paper during the development. > > Also check if the Resolution displayed in the CDC print setup dialog is the right one. > > About the 122Mb print file I probably mess something in the last version. This is the size of a 32bit bitmap 8"x11" at 600 dpi. > Normally the chart is draw directly to the printer to avoid that. But for the screen display we use an intermediate bitmap to avoid flickering. It is wrongly used here. > > Patrick > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. 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