[nbos] [FM8] Printing Tip

[richard leclercq]

My experience is:
Trial and error, mostly error.

The problem is not with the FM software, but in the Printer firmware or 
hardware.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Oliva" <mark.oliva at steigerwaldedv.de>
To: <nbossoftware at nbos.com>
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2007 5:22 AM
Subject: [nbos] [FM8] Printing Tip



> I've tested the following situation (I can't quite call it a problem, much 

> less a bug.) on a variety of HP printers including color lasers, B&W 

> lasers and a color ink jet and found the result to be universal, so I'm 

> assuming it will apply to everyone.  It's probably also known to those 

> who've been using FM for a longer time, although I've found it to be both 

> non-intuitive and not clearly discussed in the large PDF manual.

>

> I spent quite a bit of time making a test map with various line styles and 

> various thicknesses for borders, rivers, roads and the like.  On the 

> screen, I got exactly the desired result, but I wasted a lot of color 

> laser toner before I finally got the same result on paper.  No matter what 

> line thickness I chose, I always got thin, sometimes barely visible lines 

> on paper.

>

> The solution I found is in the menu options Objects/Line Style and then 

> clicking the check box "Draw as Scaled Line."  One also must set s 

> specific scale width in miles, but what that will be depends entirely on 

> the length and width of the map in miles.

>

> In the large PDF manual, this process is not described under printing but 

> rather on Pages 24 and 25, where menu options for the main menu option 

> "Objects" are described.

>

> A caution:  I played around a bit with FM7 but never learned it.  I jumped 

> in only with FM8.  Its newness will tell you that I'm no veteran user. 

> There may be a much better way to deal with this issue.  It could be that 

> it doesn't have to be an issue at all.  If so, someone else will have to 

> clear that up.  This is the only successful path to the desired result 

> that I've been able to find, but it may not be the last word.

>

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