Comments on: Cites & Insights 6:5 available–Diamond Anniversary issue http://walt.lishost.org/2006/03/cites-insights-65-available-diamond-anniversary-issue/ The library voice of the radical middle Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:13:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: walt http://walt.lishost.org/2006/03/cites-insights-65-available-diamond-anniversary-issue/#comment-4475 walt Fri, 17 Mar 2006 21:03:08 +0000 http://walt.lishost.org/?p=264#comment-4475 I've restored a "proper" PDF; it's a little smaller than the original, and the first page only takes a few seconds to appear (on my PC), but it's still larger than it should be. There should not, of course, be any dithered images at all. I'll pursue fixes over the next month. (The black bars are supposed to be rules, as thin as they can be...and pure black. There are no gray images of any sort, or at least there aren't supposed to be.) Rebuilding the template may be necessary, if ugly. I’ve restored a “proper” PDF; it’s a little smaller than the original, and the first page only takes a few seconds to appear (on my PC), but it’s still larger than it should be. There should not, of course, be any dithered images at all.

I’ll pursue fixes over the next month. (The black bars are supposed to be rules, as thin as they can be…and pure black. There are no gray images of any sort, or at least there aren’t supposed to be.) Rebuilding the template may be necessary, if ugly.

]]> By: Seth Finkelstein http://walt.lishost.org/2006/03/cites-insights-65-available-diamond-anniversary-issue/#comment-4474 Seth Finkelstein Fri, 17 Mar 2006 20:31:36 +0000 http://walt.lishost.org/?p=264#comment-4474 Very strange. For some reason, the PDF file is *filled* with many thousands of little 16x16 dithered black-and-white images. Do you have a 50% gray border somewhere? Try a "grayscale" option instead of "black and white" output setting in print setup options. It seems to be trying to do some sort of smoothing. It's something to do with rendering the black bars. That's why it's so bad on page 1, because of all the black bars in the top of the page. Very strange. For some reason, the PDF file is *filled* with many thousands of little 16×16 dithered black-and-white images. Do you have a 50% gray border somewhere? Try a “grayscale” option instead of “black and white” output setting in print setup options. It seems to be trying to do some sort of smoothing.

It’s something to do with rendering the black bars. That’s why it’s so bad on page 1, because of all the black bars in the top of the page.

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