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Subject:EPS became bitmap? From:geoff-h -at- MTL -dot- FERIC -dot- CA Date:Mon, 9 Feb 1998 18:00:26 -0600
GINGER JONES reported a graphics problem. Her daughter
<<created [her] database in FileMaker Pro. I used the
database to create another layout for the invoice that I
need printed. I took it to the printer as an .EPS file, but
it was bitmapped. What [she] tried doing was: copying and
pasting the layout into Illustrator...>>
Piece of cake. What your daughter actually did was take a
screenshot of the invoice at ca. 72 dpi (i.e., screen
resolution), and that's why it's a bitmap now. The solution
is equally simple: from within FileMaker, print the file to
disk using a Postscript printer driver, then bring the disk
file to your printer.
--Geoff Hart @8^{)} geoff-h -at- mtl -dot- feric -dot- ca
Disclaimer: Speaking for myself, not FERIC.
