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August 9, 2018
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Unwanted shadows around grapics when printing

  • August 9, 2018
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I am getting unwanted shadows around grapics when printing. No matter what format of image I paste into a graphics or anchored frame, when I print it out there are hazy shadows around each part of the image particularly for flow chart type images. I am using Frame 2015. Thanks for any advice.

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    Correct answer Bob_Niland

    WRT the printer description language, I do not know, but will try to get an answer from our IT guys.

    For simplicity, is it easiest to suggest that SVG is the preferred format to upload to FM?  I am working unstructured so conversion  to HTML/XML is not necessary at this stage.

    Thanks again.


    re: For simplicity, is it easiest to suggest that SVG is the preferred format to upload to FM?

    Historically, FM was really optimized around EPS (encapsulated Postscript). The legacy workflow destinations were print shops (Postscript), local Postscript printers and PDF (device-independent Postscript).

    re: I am working unstructured so conversion  to HTML/XML is not necessary at this stage.

    Those two things aren't necessarily related. You can workflow to HTML/XML from structured or unstructured, and structured doesn't necessarily have to flow to HTML/XML.

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    Matt-Tech Comm Tools
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    Matt-Tech Comm ToolsCommunity Expert
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    August 9, 2018

    Can you post screenshots of your images?

    -Matt Sullivan, FrameMaker Course Creator, Author, Trainer, Consultant
    Bob_Niland
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    Bob_NilandCommunity Expert
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    August 9, 2018

    What app is generating the charts?
    How are you saving or capturing them for use in FM?
    If through an intermediate file format, which one (and settings thereof)?
    If ending up as a raster images, what are the workflow settings for PDF and HTML gen?

    A vector image saved as SVG has a chance of surviving into the final document intact. For darn near anything else, you have to understand what's happening to the vectors or pixels at multiple points in the workflow.

    What you describe sounds like an image collapse to raster and then compressed with some curve-matching transform, such as the DCT of JPEG.

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    Reeveo237Author
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    August 13, 2018

    Hi Bob, Thanks for your reply. I have usually cut and paste JPG or PNG images and have never noticed a problem. It has become apparent since the office replaced the laser printer, so I am trying to eliminate that aspect.

    I have not had much luck generating SVG images and as such not been able to use that format to input to FM.  Chart shapes were created in Visio then saved as JPG & PNG

    What you suggest in the last line of your communique sounds plausible, as they do pixelate.

    These are examples of the images I have used and this morning I did manage an SVG 1.1 image which gave a similar reproduction when printed.

     

    Bob_Niland
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    Bob_NilandCommunity Expert
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    August 13, 2018

    re: It has become apparent since the office replaced the laser printer,...

    Did the page description language of the printer change also, perhaps, say, from Postscript to PCL?

    Anyway, if Visio can save-as/export vector EPS or vector PDF, you can use another app to convert that to SVG, You could even script and batch this with Adobe Illustrator (or just use the EPS or PDF directly, but SVG is future-proofed for workflow to HTML or XML).

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