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I seem to have uncovered a bizzare problem in MS Publisher with its
printing:
I have a 10 page document with about 7 pictures in it. When I print
this to a PDF Driver (Pdf995, PdfCreator, PrimoPDF, AdobeDistiller all
been tried) then I have two outcomes:
* With normal compression settings etc, and the document set to print
at 75dpi (for web viewing) I get a perfect quality image but at 13Mb
sixe. (its not 75dpi!)
* With Maximum compression or LZW Compression (depending on pdf driver)
I get 1/2 the photos printing perfectly fine and half printing
compressed beyond recognition. And the file size drops to a managable
450Kb.
I assumed this was a PDF issue, but having posted to a PDF Forum they
think not. Three reasons why: They say LZW compression shouldn't
reduce the image quality, they say the compression algorithm is
actually increasng the file size (they've studied the pdf file in
detail) and thirdly it only happens when I print from MS Word or MS
Publisher... (The same photo printed from a graphic package doesn't
compress at all with LZW, and compressed significantly with 'normal'
JPEG Compression when printed to PDF)
If I save as post script I get same problem, but viewing the post
script in GhostView the post script is perfect quality (but ++large)
Can anyone:
a. Tell me what MS Pub is doing to the embeded graphic to print it
b. Tell me if this is a known bug (I can't find it reported anywhere)
c. Tell me how to fix it (short of changing DeskTop Publishing
Software.)
Cheers
Calum
[Win2K, Running Publisher 2002]
printing:
I have a 10 page document with about 7 pictures in it. When I print
this to a PDF Driver (Pdf995, PdfCreator, PrimoPDF, AdobeDistiller all
been tried) then I have two outcomes:
* With normal compression settings etc, and the document set to print
at 75dpi (for web viewing) I get a perfect quality image but at 13Mb
sixe. (its not 75dpi!)
* With Maximum compression or LZW Compression (depending on pdf driver)
I get 1/2 the photos printing perfectly fine and half printing
compressed beyond recognition. And the file size drops to a managable
450Kb.
I assumed this was a PDF issue, but having posted to a PDF Forum they
think not. Three reasons why: They say LZW compression shouldn't
reduce the image quality, they say the compression algorithm is
actually increasng the file size (they've studied the pdf file in
detail) and thirdly it only happens when I print from MS Word or MS
Publisher... (The same photo printed from a graphic package doesn't
compress at all with LZW, and compressed significantly with 'normal'
JPEG Compression when printed to PDF)
If I save as post script I get same problem, but viewing the post
script in GhostView the post script is perfect quality (but ++large)
Can anyone:
a. Tell me what MS Pub is doing to the embeded graphic to print it
b. Tell me if this is a known bug (I can't find it reported anywhere)
c. Tell me how to fix it (short of changing DeskTop Publishing
Software.)
Cheers
Calum
[Win2K, Running Publisher 2002]