[KLUG Members] Those grainy postscript files...

[Adam Williams6]

>>>When I print, no matter if it's to the humble Lexmark 3200 inkjet at
>>>home or to the HP Laserjet 4050 at work, the job comes out grainy.
>>>Additionally, if I print to a postscript file, run it through ps2pdf, I
>>>get the same result: a grainy looking PDF file. The text is OK, but any
>>>kind of graphic looks shabby.
>>What program is generating the original output?
>In Linux, I've tried Star Office and KWord. In W2K, it's Word or
>Publisher printing through Adobe Acrobat.


Ok,  I output my presentations to ps from so and use ps2pdf and the output 
looks great.  What are the printer settings of the device you are using to 
print to file.  I assume it is useing the "Generic Printer" driver.

>>>If I print a PDF I grab from the Internet (open in xpdf, print to ps
>>>file, send to printer), it's perfect. 
>>If you convert the PDF to Postscript (pdftops) and view it in ggv does it do the
>>same thing?
>Hey, that's cool! They *seem* to look better in ggv. Not as choppy and
>grainy, but still not crisp (like the Acrobat created PDF's).

Hmm,  we are taking about the *images*, right?  Not the text.

>>What version of ghostscript do you have?
>rpm -q ghostscript reveals: ghostscript-6.51-16

Ok, standard RH72 stuff.

>>>>From the reading I've done so far, I'm thinking I need to tweak
>>>something in my ghostscript setup. Any suggestions? 
>> Have you tried setting the output resoltion -r<xres>x<yres>
>Nope. Not sure how, but I'll start looking for how to right now. :)

Just as an option to gs or ps2pdf (which just calls gs anyway).

>>Any commonality as to the input graphic format?  (You embed a JPEG in an image
>>verses a TIFF, etc...)
>I've only used gif and jpg for graphics thus far. I wish I would have
>saved the original version of the PDF for a flyer I did in Star Office
>and converted to PDF. 
>Here are two examples...one pdf and one ps. I think the ps looks better.
>http://www.penguindude.com/pdf/pics.pdf
>http://www.penguindude.com/pdf/pics.ps
>I have to say, the PDF's I create with Acrobat in W2k are crisp and
>clear. But I'd much rather use Linux to do this.
>Thanks for the great info. I super appreciate it!


Haven't got to take a look at these,  I'll surf over there in a bit.
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