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I have the same problem going from the PC to UNIX. All of our contract
writers work on the PC (FrameMaker) and I work on an Xterm. When going
from DOS/Windows to UNIX, lines are missing or jagged.
Any comments, suggestions, ideas, etc are appreciated.
joe
Ed Glennon writes:
+ I have two graphics-related questions that I'm hoping some of you have
+ encountered:
+ 1. We do screen captures on UNIX machines (Sun mostly) that we use in
+ our printed and online documentation. But in the PC version of our
+ software product (running on Windows NT), the graphics look bad. Lines
+ are missing, images don't have consistent density and aren't sharp,
+ etc. I guess the difference in resolution between a Sun or HP
+ workstation and a PC is what causes the problem.
+ Most of our graphics are b&w xwd files, although I've tried tiff files
+ as well with similar results.
+ Does anyone have any advice of how to generate screen captures on a
+ UNIX platform that will have an acceptable appearance on the PC?
+ 2. We just got Adobe Illustrator for the Sun, and I received some
+ Illustrator files that were created on a Mac and then placed on a DOS
+ floppy. Sun SPARCs can read DOS floppies, so I just copied it onto the
+ Sun. But the Sun version of Illustrator can't read the files.
+ Has anyone ever encountered anything like this with Illustrator? Do
+ you know of any workaround, or something that I might be doing wrong?
+ I appreciate your help.
+ Ed Glennon
+ Rasna Corp.
+ San Jose, CA
+ Email: ed -at- rasna -dot- com
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