Having problems with importing an EPS file into FrameMaker ...

[Syed Zaeem Hosain (Syed.Hosain@aeris.net)]

Hi, Craig.

Yup, I agree with your observation, and do understand the oft-stated "requirement" to use PDF output and then print from it. :)

It is just that I was not expecting the poor quality when I printed directly from FrameMaker to the printer I had access to at the time (I was at home) to see what the logo looked like.

I had assumed that the EPS would be rasterized (at the resolution of the specified print quality) when printing to a non-PostScript printer. Like other programs do with vector images (Visio and Autocad are examples, but there are plenty of others), including how native drawing objects within FrameMaker are output.

Although I have many years of experience using FrameMaker, this was the first time I included an EPS image into a document - normally, I just use FrameMaker's graphics tools, Visio graphics, and/or bit-map PNG files (for things like logos), etc. Learning experience for me, I guess ...

Z

From: Craig Ede [mailto:craigede at hotmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2014 8:23 AM
To: Syed Zaeem Hosain (Syed.Hosain at aeris.net); framers
Subject: RE: Having problems with importing an EPS file into FrameMaker ...

Wouldn't it make sense that an Encapsulated PostScript element (EPS file) would not print to a non-postscript printer (except the part of it that is non-PostScript, i.e. the preview)?

The benefits of producing output to a PDF from FM and then printing to your printer has been discussed many times on this list. I'm not sure why anyone would want to do otherwise (except by accident).

Craig
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From: Syed.Hosain at aeris.net<mailto:Syed.Hosain at aeris.net>
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Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 15:57:24 -0700
Subject: RE: Having problems with importing an EPS file into FrameMaker ...
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4.      But, printing to a non-Postscript printer directly from FrameMaker is horrible.
a.      FrameMaker (or the printer driver?) apparently prints the TIF preview rather than rasterizing the EPS to the desired output resolution during printing. Yuck! :(
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