This was supposed to be fixed a long time
ago. We lost over $100K on a project for all of Florida when it was
discovered after all of the processing work had been completed. The
problem is that MI sees the transparent pixels as the Windows background and
spools until you run out of disk space. There are some workarounds and our
techies would be happy to discuss them with any interested parties.
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Sent: Friday, July 21, 2000 2:10 AM
Subject: Re: MI Still cannot print
transparent images
Hi,
This is a terrible news if it is true. Transparent raster printing worked
fine in MapInfo up to version 4.2 under Windows 3.X. After this when MapInfo
passed to Windows95 and NT, it could not be used anymore to print out maps
having a transparent raster layer. Indeed this function of turning a colour to
transparent is essential if one wants to use black and white topo rasters to
get a fine background (or lets say an overlay as this transparent layer is at
the top of the over vector layers).
We used this function for all our forest management maps and hoped MapInfo
would correct the bug. But as I hear now, MI 6.0 still cannot handle it. Can
anybody confirm this please? It is essential for the future orientation of our
mapping department. Thanks all.
Frank Wolter Forestry Administration G-Duchy of Luxembourg
kiva consullting wrote:
I have tried just about
everything. I have unchecked internal raster handling in MI, processed
my print document in the computer, and combinations of these items. My
750C plus will now print a black and white image of the DRG when
internal handling is unchecked AND processing is in done in the computer
(Advanced options in HPGL). I have contacted MapInfo and Hp - still
nothing. If anyone has any other suggestions - I'm all
ears. In case you did not
see my earlier note - I trimmed the edges of some DRG's and have made white
transparent in order to build a composite TOPO background - it worked great,
but I cannot print to my plotter. Thanks again, Shawn VickersKiva Consulting[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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