[cad-linux] Re: Linux Drawing Viewer - need opinions

If it's working at 72 dpi, leave it that way for now

Improved printing will be great, but we can start testing out the rest of the 
program

(My $0.02 CDN - $0.01 USD)


AJBIBB@xxxxxxx wrote: 
>
>I managed to get a drawing to plot and even (surprisingly) figured out how to
>print to a defined scale.  However, as is typical with computers I ran into
>an unexpected problem and I need opinions on how to proceed.
>Plotting using QT (the only way I am about to tackle this problem) version
>2.3 forces the postscript output to be a 72 dpi.  There is no way to adjust
>this value.  In researching the problem I discovered that one of the major
>enhancements of QT3 is the ability to map output to the real dpi values for
>your printer.  This will obviously provide much better print quality (say 600
>dpi compared to 72 dpi).
>At 72 dpi the output looks like it was made with a 9pin dot matrix printer -
>readable but not presentation quality.  The question I have for anyone using
>my viewer program:  could you live with 72 dpi printing in the next version
>and not have to be bothered upgrading your QT libraries, or would you rather
>upgrade and have the better quality print?  Eventually I'll be going to QT3
>so it is just a question of sooner or later?
>By the way, printing to a file with QT is trivial (at 72 dpi).  Once I get
>this portion wrapped up not only will you be able to print to paper, but you
>will also be able to save the file in Postscript format for easy viewing and
>converting.  I know - it sounds too easy (which is what I thought when it was
>first mentioned on this mailing list) but it really works that way.
>Andy

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Brian Johnson, P. Eng.
Johnson Engineering Consultants
www.jecinc.on.ca

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