Re: [WinMac] cross-platform EPS
Welch, John C.(jwelch[at]aer.com)
Wed, 15 Dec 1999 16:09:38 -0500
actually, I think that if you must use EPS, then TIFF is the best preview,
it works okay on both platforms. Picts don't do so well on windows, and WMF
is a bad idea, as you have a vector preview of a vector format, and it can
get REALLY weird...
I think leonard's PDF idea is probably the best.
> From: Victor Forberger <vforberg@lynx.dac.neu.edu>
> Reply-To: winmac@lists.best.com
> Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 15:03:53 -0500
> To: winmac@lists.best.com
> Subject: Re: [WinMac] cross-platform EPS
>
> Tim Roth wrote:
>> My impression was that if you sent an EPS graphic to a non-PostScript
>> printer it would print the low rez preview image instead of the EPS and
>> I don't think you'd want that.
>
> Yes, you're right for final, high quality output. But, for seeing in
> general how the image looks and for letterhead via word processor, the
> preview should work fine. The trick is how to get that preview in both
> OS's, i.e. both a PICt and a WMF/tiff (I've forgotten for the moment
> which format is used for the preview in Windows -- I believe it depends
> on the program).
>
> Thanks,
> Victor
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