Re: MI PDF, Postscript to PDF
I keep using PowerPoint. Copy Map window, paste special. Different options give different visual results. Also, MS's little Image Composter is decent for pasting things into, changing size and then saving to web friendly images. You can't resize maps once they are saved and keep all of the little lines clear and sharp. In PowerPoint, you can zoom into parts of the map and it will maintain the graphics, without having to mess up the map window. I used Word for my thesis. It worked like a dream. I got the map window to be the way I wanted, Copy map window, Paste special>picture>don't float over text. The only thing lost was some of the different boundary line thicknesses. Still, it worked fine and works for reports and presentations. Severin BTW--It's likely we are distant cousins, Mr. Karr. Robert Karr wrote: > > Greetings: We're still using MapInfo Pro 4.52 under NT4. We use a HP5SI printer >driver to print from MapInfo to a PS file. Take the PS file into Acrobat Distiller >and produce a PDF file. This results in a very, very small shift in colors and not >any other changes that I've noticed viewing the PDF in Acrobat on my monitor. > > BUT, printing the PDF to a HPColor4500 and comparing that hardcopy to a hardcopy >printed from MapInfo directly on the same printer, you notice differences. The color >shift is more noticeable, but not bad. The big problem for me is the crosshatch >patterns are very different. When viewed on the monitor, the PDF version's >crosshatches are OK, seem to be exactly like the MapInfo original, both composed of >fine medium gray lines laid over solid colors. When printed, some of the PDF's >crosshatch lines are so faint they can't be seen without a magnifying glass but >others within the same polygon are OK, in no discernable pattern. > > I'm still looking for a good way to get a very high resolution Layout containing >complex maps and lots of text from MapInfo into a form that be inserted into apps >like Word or Quark and become part of the master document without losing text or >having fonts change or having font sizes change or having line,polygon or fill >attributes change or some of the map missing completely or .. . Bitmaps like >TIFFs maintain integrity OK but when exported at huge sizes just don't have the >resolution even when scaled down to something smaller than the original. > > >From the discussion on this list and other places, it seems printing to an EPS file >is the way to go. I'm trying to get our Info Sys Div. people to install a printer >driver with EPS capabilities on my PC. They are sometimes slow to respond to such >request, and always very touchy about what is added to their "standard >configuration". We've had a lot crash problems seemingly caused by subtle >incompatibility problems. And, I'm prohibited from adding anything myself that is >remotely executable to my PC. > > EPS files seem to be a "standard" file format that can contain complex graphics and >text, and be recognized by a wide variety of apps (like Word and Quark), printer >drivers and printers. I'm still trying to find out if there is more than one EPS >format. My concern stems from experiences with the various TIFF formats. > > The long term answer seems to be to use MapInfo to develop the "information" in your >map layers with thematics or whatever is needed to get your information across >without bothering too much about point, line or polygon attributes, or titles and >other such "text", then take those layers into Illustrator or Freehand via >MaPublisher. Do the "art" part of cartography there. Any graphics app will give you >much more control over the appearance of your map. MaPublisher allows you take a lot >of different GIS/CAD/Cartography type files into Illustrator (usually maintaining any >underlying data), and gives you some GIS type capabilities while working within >Illustrator using the very powerful graphics tools there. And, Illustrator seems to >be able to export in a lot of different formats. > > I have both Illustrator 8 and the latest MaPublisher, but I just can't find the time >to learn enough about Illustrator to find out if it will solve my problems, or just >present a new set. > > Every once in a while I feel the need to vent a bit about these weaknesses in >MapInfo, just to keep in front of MapInfo and the L. > > Good luck. Keep us posted.Bob > > Robert Karr Phone: 517-373-3028 > Science Research AssistantFAX: 517-373-0171 > Science and Technology Division > Legislative Service Bureau > Michigan State Legislature > 124 West Allegan Street, 4th Floor > pob 30036 > Lansing, MI 48909-7536 > USA > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put > "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Seve
Re: MI PDF, Postscript to PDF
Greetings: We're still using MapInfo Pro 4.52 under NT4. We use a HP5SI printer driver to print from MapInfo to a PS file. Take the PS file into Acrobat Distiller and produce a PDF file. This results in a very, very small shift in colors and not any other changes that I've noticed viewing the PDF in Acrobat on my monitor. BUT, printing the PDF to a HPColor4500 and comparing that hardcopy to a hardcopy printed from MapInfo directly on the same printer, you notice differences. The color shift is more noticeable, but not bad. The big problem for me is the crosshatch patterns are very different. When viewed on the monitor, the PDF version's crosshatches are OK, seem to be exactly like the MapInfo original, both composed of fine medium gray lines laid over solid colors. When printed, some of the PDF's crosshatch lines are so faint they can't be seen without a magnifying glass but others within the same polygon are OK, in no discernable pattern. I'm still looking for a good way to get a very high resolution Layout containing complex maps and lots of text from MapInfo into a form that be inserted into apps like Word or Quark and become part of the master document without losing text or having fonts change or having font sizes change or having line,polygon or fill attributes change or some of the map missing completely or .. . Bitmaps like TIFFs maintain integrity OK but when exported at huge sizes just don't have the resolution even when scaled down to something smaller than the original. >From the discussion on this list and other places, it seems printing to an EPS file >is the way to go. I'm trying to get our Info Sys Div. people to install a printer >driver with EPS capabilities on my PC. They are sometimes slow to respond to such >request, and always very touchy about what is added to their "standard >configuration". We've had a lot crash problems seemingly caused by subtle >incompatibility problems. And, I'm prohibited from adding anything myself that is >remotely executable to my PC. EPS files seem to be a "standard" file format that can contain complex graphics and text, and be recognized by a wide variety of apps (like Word and Quark), printer drivers and printers. I'm still trying to find out if there is more than one EPS format. My concern stems from experiences with the various TIFF formats. The long term answer seems to be to use MapInfo to develop the "information" in your map layers with thematics or whatever is needed to get your information across without bothering too much about point, line or polygon attributes, or titles and other such "text", then take those layers into Illustrator or Freehand via MaPublisher. Do the "art" part of cartography there. Any graphics app will give you much more control over the appearance of your map. MaPublisher allows you take a lot of different GIS/CAD/Cartography type files into Illustrator (usually maintaining any underlying data), and gives you some GIS type capabilities while working within Illustrator using the very powerful graphics tools there. And, Illustrator seems to be able to export in a lot of different formats. I have both Illustrator 8 and the latest MaPublisher, but I just can't find the time to learn enough about Illustrator to find out if it will solve my problems, or just present a new set. Every once in a while I feel the need to vent a bit about these weaknesses in MapInfo, just to keep in front of MapInfo and the L. Good luck. Keep us posted.Bob Robert Karr Phone: 517-373-3028 Science Research AssistantFAX: 517-373-0171 Science and Technology Division Legislative Service Bureau Michigan State Legislature 124 West Allegan Street, 4th Floor pob 30036 Lansing, MI 48909-7536 USA -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MI PDF, Postscript to PDF
Hello Henk, If it is of any help, I print layouts to files using a PostScript printer. I set up the PPD file using Tektronix Phaser 850DX printer drivers (WinNT 4. With RedMon, available at the ghostscript/ghostview Web page, I set my non-PostScript printer as one. I open the resulting *.ps file in ghostview and then go to Print... (not Printfile...), and check Print to File utilizing pdfwrite (resolution choices of 72, 300, and 600 dpi). The PDF files created in this fashion are of high quality. From Acrobat Reader, choosing the printer set up as PostScript is best for printing fine line networks, such as hypsography or hydrography. For thematic maps, even the regular ink-jet printer drivers will also produce excellent results. True, it is quite cumbersome if printing a few maps and also, I have never done this with maps beyond letter (paper) size. The advantages are that the resources (Acrobat Reader and ghostscript/ghostview) are free, and I am able to use my ink-jet printer as PostScript. Regards, Miguel Iturralde[EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Henk Meij To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 30 March, 2000 11:09 AM Subject: MI PDF, Postscript to PDF Hi All, a printing problem. I use MI 5.5 and I seem to never, never get exactly WISIWIG. Especiallywhen using a PDF writer under windowsNT (it turns area shades to solidblobs etc). So, I'm trying going to postscript first.I installed AdobePS and using it, set up printers for the PPD files of anHP Color Laserjet and Adobe Disitiller PS. When I print my layout to afile, MI generates the postscript file. However, there are "segements" offor example stray lat/lon lines or elevation contours. These stray piecesare not on my screen.I'd be interested in learning if- somebody prints directly to a PDF file without problems from MI- somebody has a psotscript printer PPD file which geenrates exactly whatthey see on screen when viewing the file with ghostview for example-HenkHendrik K. Meij, Academic Computing ManagerSocial Sciences, Wesleyan University Judd Hall B23, Middletown CT 06459, Phone:860.685.4482, Fax:860.685.2401 "There is so much I wish to know" -Poirot --To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put"unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MI PDF, Postscript to PDF
Hi All, a printing problem. I use MI 5.5 and I seem to never, never get exactly WISIWIG. Especially when using a PDF writer under windowsNT (it turns area shades to solid blobs etc). So, I'm trying going to postscript first. I installed AdobePS and using it, set up printers for the PPD files of an HP Color Laserjet and Adobe Disitiller PS. When I print my layout to a file, MI generates the postscript file. However, there are "segements" of for example stray lat/lon lines or elevation contours. These stray pieces are not on my screen. I'd be interested in learning if - somebody prints directly to a PDF file without problems from MI - somebody has a psotscript printer PPD file which geenrates exactly what they see on screen when viewing the file with ghostview for example -Henk Hendrik K. Meij, Academic Computing Manager Social Sciences, Wesleyan University Judd Hall B23, Middletown CT 06459, Phone:860.685.4482, Fax:860.685.2401 "There is so much I wish to know" -Poirot -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
