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From: hodas@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Josh Hodas)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Printing reduced screen shots
Keywords: print reduce bitmap screen shot laserwriter
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Date: 18 May 89 12:45:45 GMT
References: <1989May16.103454.813@mntgfx.mentor.com>
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In article <1989May16.103454.813@mntgfx.mentor.com> tomc@mntgfx.mentor.com (Tom Carstensen) writes:
>What is the best way (or any way) to place a screen shot
>or other bitmaps into a word processor (like MS Word),
>and proporionally reduce the bitmap, and then print it 
>on a Laserwriter or other higher resolution device so 
>that the PIXELS them selves are reduced, not just the bitmap
>(this way the bitmap is still clear on a high resolution
>output device).  Printing bitmap on a Laserwriter, and having
>the Laserwriter reduce the image works great, bu how about
>reducing the size of a bitmap to start with, placinging
>in a word processor document, and then printing it out.
>(The only thing I get is a crappy looking bitmap).
>

Well, Bitmaps pasted into Fullwrite and then reduced behave this way.  It
was a total (and very pleasant) suprise to see all my bitmaps print out in bea-
utiful clarity after I had resigned myself to cruddy ones when I realized I 
needed to reduce them to make them fit in the context I was using them.

Note though, this should not be construed as a sweeping endorsement of 
Fullwrite.  I did one major Document in it after the official release and,
in spite of the many features I really loved, I have not returned because
of all the bugs I had to contend with.

Josh


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