Bad quality images in container fields

[greger]

I have created a container field in my database with all my customers. The reason is that I want to have my customers logotype in filemaker showed in their record. It works, but when I print the record from filemaker the image turns out to be really bad. The image I import are of perfect vektor grafic quality but when I print it looks like a gif-image from the internet. I have tried to use eps and pdf images. Is there any other fileformat that is better to use? I want the quality to remain the same as the original vektor grafic image if possible.

[stanley]

Greger:

The problem you're having has to do with the fact that FileMaker is scaling the vector image. Considering that FMP is a database application, it is obviously not optimized for this. I believe that FMP converts everything into a raster image, and I've had fairly good luck using JPEGs to print from. The trick is to experiment with different image sizes & resolutions until you find you're getting a good printout, then standardizing your images to what works best.

-Stanley

[cjaeger]

guess you are using FM5.5 and MacOS X or a non-postscript printer. There is a bug in FM 5.5/OS X.

FM 6.04 handles EPS files correctly, provided fonts are converted to paths or font is used on the FileMaker Layout.

For Logos, I usually resort to a 300 dpi TIFF image (X-plattform solutuin) or use PICT line art (Mac only).

JPG is not suited for Logos, since compression degrades image quality.