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Gaps between components in the print preview

rbuserrbuser
edited June 2001 in General
Hi,

I have a few components in my detail band and the distance between the
components is a few millimeters. The problem is that the components overlap
each other in the print preview - the distance from the design form is not
preserved, but when they are printed out everything is fine - the distance
is the same as in the design form.

Any idea how to get the right preview - without overlapping?

Maja

Comments

  • digitalmetaphorsdigitalmetaphors
    edited June 2001
    We have two choices when we create a preview - compose for the screen, or
    compose for the printer. Most programs such as MS Word compose to the screen
    when they create a preview. This makes for attractive previews but they tend
    to
    be inaccurate. And it means that they then compose again for the printer
    when you print the document. Most of the time things will print effectively
    similar to the preview, but we have seen many times when the printed output
    was different - a word wrapped to the next line, or some such problem. If
    you use a program meant for accurate page layout, such as PageMaker, you
    will notice that the Page Setup dialog asks you for which printer you wish
    to compose. When PageMaker displays a page, it may not look exactly how
    you think it should, but you do get a preview where the element placement
    is guaranteed to match the printed output's element placement.
    We have chosen to follow this second model.

    Note that when we say element placement, we are referring to X and Y
    placement and not height and width. While the X and Y placement of
    our previews will be accurate, the height and width of text elements
    may vary based on zoom percentage. This is a normal artifact of
    composing for the printer and not for the screen.

    Your preview can not match your printed output. It will
    differ in one of two ways:

    1- It can look good on the screen, but items on the page may not
    display in the same location they will when printed.
    or
    2- It can be less attractive, but items will display on the preview
    exactly where they will when printed.

    We give you the second because it is more accurate and more reliable.
    Not to mention more in keeping with professional page layout products.


    Cheers,

    Jim Bennett
    Digital Metaphors


    Digital Metaphors Corporation
    http://www.digital-metaphors.com
    info@digital-metaphors.com
  • rbuserrbuser
    edited June 2001
    Hi Maja,

    it isn't possible to have real WYSIWYG in preview with a lower resolution
    than the final output device.
    If you optimize property A, property B probably lacks in preview. In preview
    you have to find a compromise for x/y, length/height, line thickness, font,
    color, text wrapping ... and so on.
    RB is optimized for accurate printing, zooming the preview should you give a
    better result.

    regards,
    Chris Ueberall;

    overlap
    distance
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