Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!caen!sdd.hp.com!marshall From: marshall@sdd.hp.com (Marshall Clow) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Re: FAQ about line weight to printer? Message-ID: <1991Apr15.192334.6057@sdd.hp.com> Date: 15 Apr 91 19:23:34 GMT References: Distribution: comp,na Organization: Hewlett Packard, San Diego Division Lines: 25 In article des@adi.com (Dave Steinhoff) writes: >I apologize if this is a FAQ, but is there some way I can control the >line weight when I print Mac window contents to a LaserWriter? I need >to print very complex electrical drawings, but the output is too dense. > I'm assuming that you are talking about printing lines less than one pixel wide on the screen. There are two ways that you can do this: 1) Work at the printer's resolution instead of the screen resoultion. See IM-V, pg 413 for a discussion of PrGeneral and GetReslData and SetResl. This will allow you to place all your objects exactly where you want on the page. Disadvantage is that you have to scale your drawing yourself. 2) Use the picSetLineWidth picture comment. This is described vaguely in Tech Note #91, and then much more completely in TN #175. This will allow you to "thin" all the lines in your drawing by some factor. Disadvantage is that it only thins lines and frames. Hope this helps, Marshall Clow Hewlett Packard Color Imaging Internet: marshall@sdd.hp.com AppleLink: HP.Marshall