Re: Best format to post schematics?

[szekeres@xxxxxxxx (GregS)]

In article <JsHLf.3643$SG5.1690@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Kurt Delaney" <kurt_dot_delaney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Can you "print" directly to a PDF?  I think the problem you are seeing is
>that you are using your application to create a .png file, which is raster
>graphics.  Then you are trying to convert that file into an Acrobat file.
>That will never work well, because the original vector graphics information
>was lost during the rasterization process of saving it to a .png.
>
>If you have Acrobat installed, you should have a virtual Acrobat printer
>available.  When you "print" to that virtual printer, the vector information
>should be passed to Acrobat, and then Acrobat will create a much better
>document;  one that can be scaled easily w/o artifacts and will be much
>smaller in size.
>
>Kurt
>

I'll try that later. I don't see how one can use PNG to print directly,
and get readable results, unless you zoom and print multable sections.

I saw Jpeg artifacts when i converted that PNG page to Acrobat.
PNG is supposed to be lossless, yet I saw artifacts during this conversion.

I'll fool around when I get a chance.
greg


>"GregS" <szekeres@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> In article <1140795196.056495.285150@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>"William at MyBlueRoom" <wrichardson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >I've recently setup a web site www.myblueroom.com with a handful of
>> >schematics on it.
>> >
>> >Currently they (you click on the thumbnail) an get a 200/300dpi .PNG
>> >file.
>> >
>> >I would like to use .PDF but is this a better format? or .GIF?
>> >
>> >Also I could remove the color, just post B&W to keep the size down...
>> >
>> >Suggestions?
>>
>> I can zoom in in Acrobat reader. I converted Ladybug, but its aparently
>> has some Jpeg trash when you zoom in. Perhaps converting top
>> PNG?? Pdf file is 4 times bigger. Perhaps Acrobat is creating the trash?
>> PNG looks fine, as long as the drawing has big enough lettering.
>> I'm printing now to see what it looks like.
>>
>> greg
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