My images raster in quark but look fine in Photoshop 2

[pontoons]

I'm using Quark 6.1 to create a flyer. The images have a rastered look to them even though when I open them up in Photoshop CS they look fine. What can I do to correct this problem? They also print rastered looking from Quark.

 

[blueark]

Is it a preview/non-postscript problem? What happens when you create a PDF, how do the images look then? It might be an idea to read faq260-3087 if you're not clear on how Quark displays images.

 

[jimoblak]

I'm having the same problem but my images appear as raster in Photoshop too.

Excellent (or at least exhaustively comprehensive) FAQ, blueark!

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[blueark]

Thank you sir; I will get around to re-writing it a little more concisely one day!

 

[pontoons]

Thanks so much for the help! I exported the quark document as a pdf, opened in Acrobat and saved as a post script file and then sent it to my post script printer. Images are beautiful. Thanks again

 

[RyanPace]

So you have a Postscript printer and were having this problem printing from Quark?

 

[pontoons]

Yes, I have an HP Designjet 500ps.

 

[jimoblak]

Oh - there is your problem...

Check out

http://www.buymelunch.com/printing/

and OSX's GimpPrint

HP PostScript support for this printer in OSX is weak. You may not really be printing to PostScript. Acrobat is very forgiving with non-postscript printers in that it seems to process a lot more data before sending to the RIP (pre-RIP'ing, if you will). Acrobat may be treating the 500ps as a non-postscript printer.

If anyone learns more about better OSX postscript drivers for this model - announce it. I'm in the same boat.

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[pontoons]

to my knowledge, when I bought this designjet, HP advised me that they would have drivers available for OSX in June of 04. That's right around the corner.

 

[jimoblak]

Hmmm... we got our 500ps over a year ago and heard a similar story about being right around the corner.

If you have a spare Windows or Mac OS9 machine, set it up as a print server.

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