Re: Mac Vs PC
Re: Mac Vs PC
- Subject: Re: Mac Vs PC
- From: Stacy Cates <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 11:55:20 -0500
Wouldn't this have to do with the flatness setting in Illustrator and how it
interacts with the resolution of the particular printer? Hmm...but it's the
same printer in this case. And you are printing from Mac and PC using the
same resolution setting in the software, I gather.
Stacy Cates
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Hi All
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I recently helped a friend install a laser printer on a PC running 2000 and
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an Imac running 9.2. As you would expect the Mac install took seconds and
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the PC minutes. They are not networked, they simply pull the USB plug and
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swap to the machine that needs it.
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When all was working we sent a test print to the printer from each machine,
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the test was the same Illustrator file on each machine made up of 1pt vector
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line art. The file from the PC printed beautifully with smooth vector
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curves, the file from the Imac came out pretty good but there were visible
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steps in the curves, it was not pixels but tiny steps, the same thing
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happened at 600dpi and 1200dpi.
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They are not using a RIP or any third party software on either machine, just
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simply sending an Illustrator file to the printer via the printer driver.
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Can anyone offer a suggestion why this difference should exist between a Mac
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and a PC ?
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Any help or comments greatly appreciated
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David Harradine
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