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- Subject: Re: printing resolution
- Sent: 3/26/96 2:43 PM
- Received: 3/26/96 2:51 PM
- From: lamiraux@apple.com
- Reply-To: ODF-Interest@CILabs.ORG
- To: OpenDoc Development Framework Discussion List, ODF-Interest@CILabs.
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- >On the subject of printing, or more generally device resolution, I have some
- >questions.
- >
- >1) Will ODF based container parts print at the full resolution of the
- >printer? In other words, if my part has a 300 dot/inch bitmap and is
- >contained in say ODF draw, and the user prints on a 600 dpi printer, will my
- >image come out at 300 dpi?
- >
- >2) I know that the default mapping units for OpenDoc is 1/72 of an inch. If I
- >specify a linewidth of 2 (2/72"), will it print at 2/72" wide on a 600dpi
- >printer or 2/600" wide?
- >
- >I guess the bottom line is: if I don't do anything as far as setting mapping,
- >so on the screen a value of 1.0 is 1/72", will that same value be mapped to
- >the printer resolution, so that same value of 1.0 will then be 8 on a 600dpi
- >device?
- >
- >Thanks,
- >Scott Daniels
- >e-mail: scottdfl@aol.com
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- ODF has a notion of mapping. If you do nothing we are using 72 dpi (for
- screen and printer). You can specify that you want to use the device
- resolution by setting a mapping object created with FW_kDevice into the
- graphic context. With this mapping 2 is 2 pixels instead of 2/72".
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- Henri Lamiraux lamiraux@apple.com
- Apple Computer, Inc. OpenDoc(tm) Development Framework
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