I have a bit of an emergency and would appreciate any quick help. I need to print out 250 certificates this weekend from FM7 database that I built but when I inserted an EPS graphic for a background the print output was pixelated. I tried every variation and setting I could think of but I'm out of ideas why this is happening. I was able to do this last year with FM6 (the EPS-friendly version), but cannot get it to work with FM7. I've re-inserted the graphic, cut and pasted the graphic, and exported from Illustrator and Photoshop. Does anyone have any ideas??

Thanks!!

Just a couple of quick thoughts - although they may not be correct.

1. If the EPS is a vector graphic (ie, Illustrator art) you may need to use a Postscript printer. Did you change printers since you used FM6? Or you could print to Acrobat (full version, not Acrobat Reader) and output a PDF file. Acrobat functions as a virtual Postscript printer. Then print out the PDF since PDF has built-in functions to rasterize EPS to non-Postscript printers.

2. You could convert the art to a high-res bitmapped version, ie a JPEG at 300 dpi or highter. Probably would print very slowly.

3. Last resort is to print out the background directly from Illustrator and then feed the paper back in to just print the FM7 data - kinda like printing on pre-printed certificate paper.

Try pasteing different formats, I print certificates etc all the time but usually just cut and paste right into the layout. Often looks crummy on the screen but prints ok.

Charles