RE: Printing a LOGO using AFP - distorted image problem

Since you don't have a scanner - how about this for a thought;
download one of the freeware programs available for graphic manipulation,
and create a new image that is B&W - 
I have done similar things with photodeluxe (basic edition that came with
a scanner)  I also do have graphics workshop that can do that too - that
was at least at one time a freeware/try before you buy package.
IT pro web site may have some other utilities too, the address is
http://www.itprodownloads.com/

Mark A. Manske


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Steve Richter
Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 12:02 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: Printing a LOGO using AFP - distorted image problem


dont have a scanner, but I am sure it would work. 

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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Booth Martin
Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 12:38 PM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Printing a LOGO using AFP - distorted image problem


May I ask the obvious question? 

If "printing that original color jpg logo from explorer or an email message
to a b/w network printer produced very good results" worked, what happened
when you scanned that image and used it? Were the results still bad?
 
 
 
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Booth Martin http://www.MartinVT.com
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-------Original Message-------
 
From: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Date: Friday, August 08, 2003 11:20:50 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: Printing a LOGO using AFP - distorted image problem
 
I had a similar requirement of printing a color logo to an afp print file,
then convert the afp splf to pdf using gumbo's spool-a-matic software. We
wound up punting and replacing the logo with some text in different fonts
because the color to b/w results were consistently lousy.
 
I couldnt even get the color gif or jpg logo to satisfactorily convert to
b/w tiff. ( and I asked an image toolkit company, leadtools, to try, and
they got the same poor results that I did )
 
Printing the logo to a afp driver and retaining the color was ok, but that
make the file very large and when the resulting pdf file was printed, the
poor color to b/w results were back.
 
But for some reason, printing that original color jpg logo from explorer or
an email message to a b/w network printer produced very good results.
 
-Steve
 

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