Thanks for your previous assistance 'jimoblak', but i am still having issues with regards to importing images into Quark. I have read the manual information on this twice and have tried everything. I can scan any image at 300 dpi no problem into Photoshop. I have saved it as a BMP, TIF, EPS and JPG. The BMP comes into Quark looking GREAT...and prints perfectly clear on a standard printer hooked up to my PC. The EPS appears like black and white dots and prints out the same way (black and white dots), but when printed from Photoshop it looks perfect. The TIF and JPG print nice and clear from Photoshop, but when imported into Quark they look all fuzzy (as Quark drops the resolution to 72 dpi for appearance) but prints all fuzzy just as it looks. I must be doing something wrong or missing a step. PLEASE HELP THIS ROOKIE!!!
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Unless you have a postscript printer, I believe only the image previews (low Resolution images) will print through Quark Xpress on a deskjet printer. I ran into trouble like this, however, when my final document was output to a commercial printer, all the images looked fine.
See if this helps for your viewing abilities of your EPS file in Quark.
When saving your EPS file in Photoshop
Preview (select) Tiff (8bits/pixel)
Encoding(Select) Binary
Put a check mark (click within the blank boxes to the left of the commands below:
Include Halftone Screen
Include Transfer Function
Postscript Color Management
Image interpolation
Import your image into Quark using the "Get Picture" Command. If the image is already inside the picture box, choose the "Content" tool from the toolbox(looks like a human hand, double click the image, and choose "Get edition Now".
Click on the "Utilities" command in Quark 4.01 and scroll to "Enhance Selected Preview" then choose "Enhance selected preview".
How does the image look now?
Hope this helps!
Hey, I'm no expert, but it works for me!
See if this helps for your viewing abilities of your EPS file in Quark.
When saving your EPS file in Photoshop
Preview (select) Tiff (8bits/pixel)
Encoding(Select) Binary
Put a check mark (click within the blank boxes to the left of the commands below:
Include Halftone Screen
Include Transfer Function
Postscript Color Management
Image interpolation
Import your image into Quark using the "Get Picture" Command. If the image is already inside the picture box, choose the "Content" tool from the toolbox(looks like a human hand, double click the image, and choose "Get edition Now".
Click on the "Utilities" command in Quark 4.01 and scroll to "Enhance Selected Preview" then choose "Enhance selected preview".
How does the image look now?
Hope this helps!
Hey, I'm no expert, but it works for me!
I have saved it as a BMP, TIF, EPS and JPG[i/]
I would recommend only saving in TIFF with LZW compression. There are various problems with the other formats.
Check your print dialog box - there is a setting to print quick low-res proofs. This is probably why you see crummy pictures right now. Set the output to normal, full image resolution.
I would recommend only saving in TIFF with LZW compression. There are various problems with the other formats.
Check your print dialog box - there is a setting to print quick low-res proofs. This is probably why you see crummy pictures right now. Set the output to normal, full image resolution.
I would argue that there are also problems with LZW compression, especially with some older RIPs. TIFFs without compression work fine, as do EPS files in general. Avoid other formats no matter how good they look on your system, unless you don't plan to send them to a commercial printer.
The EPS problem (the black & white dots) sounds like a problem with the EPS file itself. Well, it's not really a problem, it's just that it wasn't saved with a preview (Quark doesn't generate previews for EPS files, unlike other formats). Go back to the original application and see if there is an option to include one.
faq260-3087 explains the whole printing images issue in painful detail. If you've the patience, it might enlighten you a little.
The EPS problem (the black & white dots) sounds like a problem with the EPS file itself. Well, it's not really a problem, it's just that it wasn't saved with a preview (Quark doesn't generate previews for EPS files, unlike other formats). Go back to the original application and see if there is an option to include one.
faq260-3087 explains the whole printing images issue in painful detail. If you've the patience, it might enlighten you a little.
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