Converting Word graphics to print formats

by TVSALES Feb 14, 2007 2:06AM PST

Athough I have Photoshop Cs, Adobe Illustrator, Ulead PhotoImpact, Corel and some other high performance graphics software, I prefer to create my graphics in MS Word (2003).

I am using an Epson CX6600 and an Epson Photo 1280 (13" x 19" wide carrage) printer to print these graphics directly from Word.

This produces images that are crisp & sharp with outstanding fine detail & brilliant colors.

However, I have not been able to figure out how to convert these images to a format that a commercial printer can use, (especially oversized images such as 18" x 18") such as a PSD, PDF, JPG, etc.

I have been able to convert smaller images by enlarging them, pressing "Print Screen", pasting them from the clipboard into a graphics program and then saving them to what the printer says that they need.

But even then, with all of their state-of-the-art equipment, color seperation tecniques, etc., I have not been able to find a commercial printer that can match the quality that my desktop printers are producing directly from Word.

I would like to hear from someone that can give me some positive insights, suggestions and/or solutions to this converting problem that I am struggling with.

Thanks,
Charles

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Examples.

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Feb 14, 2007 2:20AM PST

PDF? Look at PDF995
JPG? Look at http://www.blackice.com/Printer%20Drivers/JPEG.htm and others for the other formats.

Bob

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Converting MS Word files

by TVSALES Feb 14, 2007 3:22AM PST

Hi Bob,

Thanks for your reply.

I went to the link and read some of what they have to offer but for some reason I just don't get it.

Maybe I wasn't clear. I don't want to convert a graphics file into another format. I want to convert a MS Word doc into a graphics file.

In other words, when I am finished and go to "Save As..." MS Word does not provide a way to save the Doc as any type of graphic.

So I suppose that a better way for me to put my question is;
Is there a good, effective way to convert a MS Word doc into a graphic format for a commercial printer?

BTW; you said:>PDF? Look at PDF995 - where do I find that to look at?

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Sorry, this will never happen.

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Feb 14, 2007 3:30AM PST

There is no known tool to convert from you .doc to those directly (most.)

However it is possible to install Printer Drivers that I noted so you can print your doc and those drivers would create said file types.

Sorry you can't use these solutions.

Cheers,

Bob

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Suggestions.

by Kees Bakker Feb 14, 2007 4:13AM PST

1. Copy/paste (no printscreen, of course) the picture you created into Irfanview (find it with google) than save it in any supported file type. Doesn't this work with Photoshop?
2. Print the Word document on the commercial printer. Why use an intermediate file format?
3. Print to postscript with the right driver, as shown in http://www.autsubmit.com/documents/pspdffaq.html. Or to pdf with pdf995 (find it with google). Or with Adobe Acrobat (not free).

Hope this helps.

Kees

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Printing quality of MS Word from commercial printers

by TVSALES Feb 15, 2007 2:29AM PST

Hi Kees,

Thanks for your reply.

In answer to your suggestions;
1. Any type of Copy/Paste (except Print Screen) results in a drastic loss of the quality of the Word doc images. (and the image that I want is too large to use Print Screen)
2. I have not been able to find a commercial printer that can or will print a MS Word doc directly from the .doc file.
3. I have tried several ways to do this and it still reduces the quality of the graphics.

Again, when I print the Word doc using my desktop printers the results are outstanding and have some quality features that commercial printers just can't seem to match. As a for-instance, when I create a square block in Word and then fill that block with a texture (such as Parchment), there is an outstanding "sheen" to that texture graphic when I print it out on my desktop printers. I've had 3 commercial printers try but the just can't get those types of results. What they produce not only has no "sheen", the resulting colors look "flat". Another example is that commercial printers can't seem to print graphics very well that are outlined with a 0.25 pt. line. The line is always broken and/or not visible.

Another thing that I have tried is to take my printed graphic to a commercial printer and have them Scan it and then try to print it from there. But the loss of quality is the same or worse.

I have also tried building my graphic in PageMaker. I was very successful doing this but when the printer reproduced it, it just did not match the quality (not even close) that I get from my desktop printers.

So, I suppose that this just might be unsolvable and I'll just have to settle with printing my larger graphics out in segments and try to paste them together accurately on a backing board of sorts.

Thanks again,
Charles

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Re: commercial printers

by Kees Bakker Feb 18, 2007 6:39AM PST

I just saw an advertisement from a socalled "copy shop" here that claimed they could print to A0-format (approximately 80 x 120 cm = 30 x 45 inch). Are you really sure such a company doesn't accept Word document and/or has printers that are inferior to your own? I don't believe that.

If I were you, I would contact a professional printer with your problem and see what they can do for you.

Kees

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How about converting to

by tcantrelln Feb 18, 2007 4:42AM PST

A captured graphic (Have doc the way you want it on monitor-press 'Print Screen' capturing it to scratch pad, open graphics program- I startwith Bit Map- press control V to paste it then adjust sizing as I wish.)

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