Re: AutoCAD LT

[Dov Isaacs <isaacs@xxxxxxxxx>]

Joe,

There is absolutely NOTHING architecturally different between Windows
and Macintosh in terms of FrameMaker (or any other program's) support
for EPS files. (Let's stop the platform war mishagoss!)

When importing EPS files into FrameMaker, what is displayed is the 
"preview header" from the EPS file, not the actual PostScript content
of the EPS. Thus, regardless of whether you are on the Mac or Windows,
you will get a crufty display. When you print to a PostScript printer
(and that is KEY here), the actual PostScript text of the EPS is sent
off for printing and you get the original high quality of the graphic
on your printout. However, if you are printing to a non-PostScript
printer, whether on Macintosh or Windows, only the low-resolution
EPS header preview is printed. If you don't have a PostScript printer,
how do you get around this problem? Simple, always create a PDF file
from FrameMaker (Distiller is effectively a "PostScript printer" and
receives and properly processes the EPS file's PostScript contents).
Then print the resultant PDF file to a non-PostScript printer.
Voila! Poor-man's PostScript printed output!

        - Dov


At 2/12/2004 06:55 AM, Sims, Joseph wrote:
>That's a sore subject with me! Let's put it this way, I would if I still
>used a Mac. EPS files were nice to work with then. Draw in Illustrator, save
>as .eps, import to Frame, done. Those days were great. I've all but given up
>on using .eps files in PC land. They just don't display well or print well.
>Does anyone know why, for that matter? Is it some sort of architecture
>thing?
>
>Thanks, 
>Joe
>
>D. Joseph Sims
>Technical Documentation
>Gleason Works
>1000 University Ave.
>P.O. Box 22970
>Rochester, NY 14692-2970
>
>Phone: (585) 784-6969
>Fax: (585) 461-4348
>
>
>>Subject: Re: AutoCAD LT
>>From: Larry.Kollar@xxxxxxxxxx
>>Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 13:25:32 -0500
>>X-Message-Number: 42
>
>> Illustrator 10 proved very adept at opening and editing DXF files ... 
>> export as .wmf or .emf for painless import into Frame. It was, however 
>> necessary to save in .ai as well as .wmf/.emf, using the .ai file for 
>> future opening and modification.
>
>
>>Why not save as EPS instead? You could use the EPS for both import and
>future modification. 
>--
>
>>Larry Kollar, Senior Technical Writer, ARRIS


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