Hi Thanks for all the responses. I finally sorted it out using good old Graphic Converter. Can't be exact on what I did, but there are quite a few options usable in Graphic Converter Regards Peter On 03/03/2010, at 7:21 PM, Neil Houghton wrote:
> > Hi Peter, > > One thing you can do is to "save as" an image format and then use an image > editor to adjust levels. > > As a check, I just opened a pdf in preview and then saved as a png. I could > then open the png in both Graphic converter and iPhoto - both of which > offered me options to set levels. > > I'm not very familiar with using iPhoto but I could see that the edit pane > gave access to an "Adjust" tool palette which offers many adjustments, > including: > - An histogram with sliders for the black, white and midrange levels > - Exposure > - Contrast > - Saturation > > Actually, I now see that once you save the pdf as an image, you can actually > adjust the colour and exposure within Preview, although iPhoto may offer > more options/controls. > > One thing to be aware of is that the conversion to an image means that you > can no longer select text to copy and paste into other applications (all the > content has been changed into a bitmap) - so it may be worth keeping the > original pdf for that and just using the .png (or other image format) for > optimising the levels for printing. > > > Cheers > > > > > Neil > -- > Neil R. Houghton > Albany, Western Australia > Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 > Email: [email protected] > > > > on 3/3/10 4:15 PM, Peter Curtis at [email protected] wrote: > >> >> Hi >> I've a problem with a .pdf I'm printing. Unfortunately the writing is >> extremely faint and I cannot see any way of darkening it. I've looked at all >> the options I have with the printer (Fuji Xerox C525A) and can't see any way >> of darkening the print. >> Has anyone got any suggestions? >> Have I missed some obvious solution? >> Regards >> Peter >> MacBook Pro 2.53GHz Intel Core 2 Duo running 10.6.2 >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> >> > > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
