[comp.graphics] RLE -> TIFF -> Mac ???

sarrel@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Marc Sarrel) (07/17/89)

Here's my problem:

1) I generate 24-bit/pixel Utah RLE images from my raytracer on UNIX.

2) I can then convert them (through a hack of my own devising) to
8-bit/pixel grey level TIFF version 4 files.

3) I then download the TIFF files to my Mac.

4) I can open the files with an old version of Digital Darkroom
(really pre-release) and print them out on a LW+.  The picture comes
out with the pixels of the original picture at about 72 dpi but the
halftoning is done at the resolution of the LW+, 300 dpi.

5) How can I now transfer the image from DD to FullWrite Pro in such a
way that it prints out the same as when printed from DD?  I've tried
inumerable combinations of saving in different formats, copying and
pasting among various programs all to no avail.

Any help would be helpful...

--marc

turk@Apple.COM (Ken "Turk" Turkowski) (07/20/89)

In article <SARREL.89Jul16220559@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> sarrel@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Marc Sarrel) writes:
>Here's my problem:
>1) I generate 24-bit/pixel Utah RLE images from my raytracer on UNIX.
>2) I can then convert them (through a hack of my own devising) to
>   8-bit/pixel grey level TIFF version 4 files.
>3) I then download the TIFF files to my Mac.
>4) I can open the files with an old version of Digital Darkroom
>   (really pre-release) and print them out on a LW+.  The picture comes
>   out with the pixels of the original picture at about 72 dpi but the
>   halftoning is done at the resolution of the LW+, 300 dpi.
>5) How can I now transfer the image from DD to FullWrite Pro in such a
>way that it prints out the same as when printed from DD?  I've tried
>inumerable combinations of saving in different formats, copying and
>pasting among various programs all to no avail.

Have you tried using version 6.0 of the Laserwriter driver?  It has
support for printing greyscale and color.  However, those dweebs at
Ashton-Tate introduced a bug when they released version Fullwrite 1.1,
which causes a bus error when you try to print with the 6.0 driver.
Funny thing about it, Full Impact (another AT product) has the same
bug!

You can print greyscale with Fullwrite 1.0, though.

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