Need helping printing pictures in Reporter. (OpenInsight Specific)
At 05 FEB 1998 10:12:17AM Steve C. wrote:
I am having a real problem printing a quality picture.
If I insert the picture as an "object", ie a color BMP file, it
prints great on my B&W HPLJ 4 printer. However I need to have
the picture updated automatically, ie same problem Paul Taleb
"Object Linking 02/03/98 in the Reporter Online Discussion"
is having on the updates.
I have no problem with the picture updating when I simply insert
a picture with the Picture Tool. HOWEVER, NO MATTER WHAT FORMAT
I USE, ie BMP, TIF,GIF, WHEN PRINTED THE PICTURE IS OF VERY
POUR QUALITY, ONLY SOLID B&W, NO GRAY TONES.
HELP, MY USERS NEED THIS QUICKLY, BUT I SEEM TO GET ONLY HALF
WAY WHICHEVER WAY I GO. IF I CAN GET THE PICTURES TO PRINT O.K.
USING THE PICTURE TOOL, THAT WOULD BE BEST.
Thanks for any help….
Steve Carlson
At 05 FEB 1998 07:46PM Don Bakke wrote:
Steve,
I don't have an answer for you that works with the Reporter, but I have a similar report that needs to print different pictures all the time and I use the OIPI. It works pretty good. If you need or want more info then post back and I'll elaborate.
Just a last minute thought, how many colors are these machines configured for? I know that 256 often distorts printing output so I've had to put my machines at High or True color to avoid those problems.
dbakke@srpcs.com
At 08 FEB 1998 05:28AM Richard Bright wrote:
Don, love to get that info too. I raised a similar question with Cameron Purdy a while ago - how to change images in the Reporter in the same way as symbolics change - but wasnt able to arrive at a solution.
Regards Richard Bright
BrightIdeas New Zealand
brightideas@compuserve.com
At 09 FEB 1998 01:32AM Don Bakke wrote:
Richard (and perhaps Steve),
I raised a similar question with Cameron Purdy a while ago - how to change images in the Reporter in the same way as symbolics change - but wasnt able to arrive at a solution.
I remember those posts. Cameron's suggestion didn't work?
Well first go to the Splaver Software website at http://www.pacifier.com/~splaver/. There you can get information regarding the OIPI and an evaluation copy of the product.
Second, if you have any specific "how to's" or "can I's" type of questions then feel free to leave a message for Tony or post back here. You might get better success here since Tony seems to check his messages every other day and I'm practically here 3-4 times a day!
dbakke@srpcs.com
At 09 FEB 1998 07:32AM Cameron Revelation wrote:
Richard,
how to change images in the Reporter in the same way as symbolics change
The field (which can itself be a symbolic) has to be the name of the OS file containing the picture. Right click on the field in Reporter, choose "Data Type" of "Picture". Done.
Cameron Purdy
info@revelation.com