Print-to-scale ideas

[Umberto Nicoletti]

On Tue, 2004-12-14 at 13:46 -0500, Stephen Woodbridge wrote:
> I'm not sure of the details of how to do this, but I think you best bet
> at doing this is with either pdf or postscript. Both of these should
> give you the control you need to control the physical size of the image
> on the output medium.
>
> -Steve
>

I am using pdf and it seems to work. When printing the user must choose
NOT to scale the image to fit the page in the print options dialog. PNG
images work too, but you must print from an imaging  program like irfan
and choose to keep the original resolution. Also, when using png images,
the output is not as good as lines appear 'jagged'.

Regards,
Umberto

> Abe Gillespie wrote:
> > Is there anyway a MapServer map might be printed to scale over the web?
> >  Or is this an impossible task due to the discrepancies in resolutions
> > among the web users' monitors / printers?
> >
> > If it's not impossible, can someone point me somewhere / offer any
> > ideas to get started on this?
> >
> > Thanks.
> > -Abe
> >
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