Digital BW, The Print

Printer =  Epson 1280 on MacOS9.

I am trying to print thru QXP 5 a brochure using graphics created in
Illustrator. Each graphic prints w/ jaggies regardless of whether it is in
tiff or eps. 

Would such an issue be corrected by using a RIP? If so, what do you
recommend? The EpsonStylusRIP seems affordable, while ImagePrint @ ~$900- is
a bit beyond reach. As I have set up a LAN w/ Windows Server 2003, perhaps
that unit could play a role. I also have an OSX PB to which I wish to
ultimately port such projects. Thanks, -Barry 


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the easiest and cheapest approach is to create a pdf from your quark
file, then use Photoshop as a RIP by opening and therefore rasterizing it.
Then print out of Photoshop.
EpsonStylusRIP is a dog in many ways, IP is overkill for that problem
as you will need the postscript version.
Tyler

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Barry Koblenz
<zod111@y...> wrote:
> Printer =  Epson 1280 on MacOS9.
> 
> I am trying to print thru QXP 5 a brochure using graphics created in
> Illustrator. Each graphic prints w/ jaggies regardless of whether it
is in
> tiff or eps. 
> 
> Would such an issue be corrected by using a RIP? If so, what do you
> recommend? The EpsonStylusRIP seems affordable, while ImagePrint @
~$900- is
> a bit beyond reach. As I have set up a LAN w/ Windows Server 2003,
perhaps

> that unit could play a role. I also have an OSX PB to which I wish to
> ultimately port such projects. Thanks, -Barry 
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

If you can't export a pdf, you can always export an .eps, then go to PShop and 
do as Tyler says...

Antonis

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Tyler 
Boley" <tyler@t...> wrote:

I've never used QXP so I might be missing the issue.  But I
think going to the OSX box you should be able to handle pdf
and postscript files directly -- they are built into the OSX
printing system.

Roy

> the easiest and cheapest approach is to create a pdf from your 
quark
> file, then use Photoshop as a RIP by opening and therefore 
rasterizing it.
> Then print out of Photoshop.
> EpsonStylusRIP is a dog in many ways, IP is overkill for that 
problem
> as you will need the postscript version.
> Tyler
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Barry 
Koblenz
> <zod111@y...> wrote:
> > Printer =  Epson 1280 on MacOS9.
> > 
> > I am trying to print thru QXP 5 a brochure using graphics 
created in
> > Illustrator. Each graphic prints w/ jaggies regardless of 
whether it
> is in
> > tiff or eps. 
> > 
> > Would such an issue be corrected by using a RIP? If so, 
what do you
> > recommend? The EpsonStylusRIP seems affordable, while 
ImagePrint @
> ~$900- is
> > a bit beyond reach. As I have set up a LAN w/ Windows 
Server 2003,
> perhaps
> > that unit could play a role. I also have an OSX PB to which I 
wish to

> > ultimately port such projects. Thanks, -Barry 
> > 
> > 
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

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Yes, OS X does PDF's, very poorly indeed. Just try a bulleted list from MS 
Word and see what you get. With a rare few kinds of bullets, you actually get 
bullets in the PDF, but it is sort of a luck thing, Some things it does fine,
you just can't count on it (for PDF's).

Other than that, I love OSX---it just isn't perfect.

*******
the right way to get a PDF (Adobe rec) is to "print" a postscript file and use 
Distiller in Classic mode. Yeh, I hate the concept of going to Classic too,
but it works in this case.

To do the ps file you need to install a virtual PS printer in OS X. The help 
section tells you how.

Maybe Acrobat 6 fixes all this?

Bill