dcont Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 Does anyone know why I can not print out an overlay transfer mode layer with a Paint transfer mode layer visible at the same time as it appears on my screen? What I have is an elevation 2D drawing that I am adding shadows to. The 2d elevation is drawn on a regular paint transfer mode layer and the shadows are drawn with polygons on a separate design layer with overlay transfer mode. The result is very cool on the screen but when I print it loses the transparency of the shadows. Also if there are any suggested alternatives, that would be greatly appriciated. Currently I am exporting it out as a high res image and importing it back in to print. ugh. Quote Link to comment
islandmon Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 The short answer is that transparency printing requires Postscript. Quote Link to comment
dcont Posted March 20, 2007 Author Share Posted March 20, 2007 Not sure how to set it up to work. We have a laser printer that supports Adobe? PostScript? 3?, PCL 5c. Setting the VW options in the print menu to rasterize works for now. Thanks Quote Link to comment
Guest Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 Do you have Quartz imaging on? Quote Link to comment
dcont Posted March 21, 2007 Author Share Posted March 21, 2007 (edited) It is off. I do not like it because it shifts all my text around when it is on. And the effect of shadows on an overlay layer is lost because the lines of the design layer do not appear as solid. Edited March 21, 2007 by dcont Quote Link to comment
Guest Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 You can't get the transparency overlay unless Quartz is on. Otherwise, you have to turn on "Rasterize Print Output" which may give you less desirable printing results. Quote Link to comment
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