lin@tasman.cc.utas.edu.au (Tony Lim) (05/05/91)
Hi, Dear netters? I have been using Canvas to put a few PICT files created by DeltaGraph. I paste the PICT files into different layers in Canvas. I use "OR" to make each other transparent. So, everything looks fine too me on the screen. However, when I use the "print..." (not "Print layer...") to print the graphs to laser printer, the output is not what I see on the screen. The printout is like that I had pasted PICT opquely onto the higher layers. So what is the problem? How can I solve it? Any help will be greatly appreciated. --Tony Lim
guelzow@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Andreas J. Guelzow) (05/07/91)
In article <lin.673433453@tasman> lin@tasman.cc.utas.edu.au (Tony Lim) writes: >Hi, Dear netters? > >I have been using Canvas to put a few PICT files created by DeltaGraph. >I paste the PICT files into different layers in Canvas. I use "OR" to >make each other transparent. So, everything looks fine too me on the screen. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ As the manual states: this only works on screen or when printing on a Quickdraw printer but not when printing on a Postscript printer. Supposedly that is a limitation of postscript (which I don't believe) >However, when I use the "print..." (not "Print layer...") to print the graphs >to laser printer, the output is not what I see on the screen. The printout ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ probably a fancy PostScript printer >is like that I had pasted PICT opquely onto the higher layers. So what is the >problem? How can I solve it? > >Any help will be greatly appreciated. > >--Tony Lim Andreas J. Guelzow <guelzow@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
degennar@bmsr9.usc.edu (Raymond Degennaro) (05/07/91)
In article <1991May6.224521.9347@ccu.umanitoba.ca> guelzow@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Andreas J. Guelzow) writes: >In article <lin.673433453@tasman> lin@tasman.cc.utas.edu.au (Tony Lim) writes: >>Hi, Dear netters? >> >>I have been using Canvas to put a few PICT files created by DeltaGraph. >>I paste the PICT files into different layers in Canvas. I use "OR" to >>make each other transparent. So, everything looks fine too me on the screen. > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >As the manual states: this only works on screen or when printing on a >Quickdraw printer but not when printing on a Postscript printer. >Supposedly that is a limitation of postscript (which I don't believe) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I've been told (I don't manually write postscript) that postscript only supports the COPY mode. This seems to be a problem with the way DeltaGraph places the graph on the clipboard. Canvas seems to think its a picture object, not a PICT. The problem is a little different if you try to paste it into MacDraw II. It will say that pasting a PICT2 may cause a loss of some color data. It does, however, paste the graph without an opaque background, i.e. other objects will show through. So, I guess you could use MacDraw II, or paste them first into MD and then copy them into Canvas. Since I vastly prefer Canvas, that's what I'd do.