[iyonix-support] Re: Printing problem

  • From: Chris Evans <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: iyonix-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 8 May 2006 16:23:29 +0100 (BST)

On Mon 08 May, Peter derwent wrote:
> 
> >
> >Again, this works fine here. Maybe, it just occurs with the specific 
> >Draw file you used? What happens when you use a very simple Draw file, 
> >e.g., just a single ellipse?
> >
> >Martin
> Hi Martin
> 
> Sorry about the length of this Email - I have been doing some very
> exhaustive testing this morning!!!!!
> 
> Its all very weird. Yesterday I designed a brand new draw banner on top
> of a document using Draw on the Iyonix and Fireworkz32 on the Iyonix,
> and the same thing happened (Got the error).
> 
> I did a test yesterday for JB where I gradually moved the sides of the
> Draw file in half an inch at a time (trying to print each time). The
> error occurred every time until the Draw file was only half an inch wide
> and about 2 inches deep and it still did it, but as soon as I deleted
> the embedded Draw file, the rest of the doc printed perfectly!

May be the problem only occurs if the draw file is the first 'object' in the
document or the first created object!

You could try putting say a fullstop of 1pt size at the very top or some
other white text!
 
> I have just tried your suggestion and dropped a simple Draw file
> "Elipse" onto a blank Fireworkz32 page. It printed perfectly!! (Which
> was a surprise). I then embedded it and again it printed OK.
> I then made a Draw file of 2 rectangles on top of each other with text
> in the middle and with the rectangles filled with different colours. I
> then embedded it in a FW doc, and it printed OK.
> The only difference between the doc I created yesterday and the doc I
> created today is that the one yesterday had a picture dropped and
> incorporated into the Draw file. So I dropped a Draw file into a Draw
> file design (2 layers) and then embedded it in the FW doc, and it still
> printed correctly. I also tried dropping a Jpeg into a Draw file and
> then embedding that into a FW doc, but it still printed OK.
> 
> So I am now totally mystified, because I did this operation yesterday
> and the fault was still in evidence, and in fact the test document I
> created yesterday still comes up with the error, but the one today does
> not! (and I still have it on file)
> 
> Puzzled of Bournemouth!!!! (Pete)
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