PageMaker .TIFF Files Printing Poorly From Wo

DocumentID: 605906
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 1:31:34 PM

The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Symptoms: The customer's .TIFF image from PageMaker 4.0 has poor resolution when printed from WordPerfect. The quality of the printout is much lower than when the customer prints the same image from PageMaker. Solutions: The customer was taking the .TIFF files through the Graph Convert utility (GRAPHCNV.EXE) with either the /G=16 or the /G=256 startup option. These options reduce the number of gray shades to 16. The /G=256 maps all shades to the 16 gray shades in the 256-color palette, and the /G=16 maps all shades to a 16-level gray scale palette. If the customer imports the file directly into WP, or takes it through GRAPHCNV with no startup options, all 256 shades will be converted. After doing this, the WP printout matched the PageMaker printout. NOTE: A 256-color graphic will display poorly on a 16-color screen. One way to convert a PageMaker document with graphics from PageMaker to WP is to first separate the graphics from the document. The graphics should be saved as .TIFF files and retrieved into WP by using Alt-F9. The text should be converted to an RFT format from PageMaker. The Convert program could then be used to convert the file from RFT to WP format.

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