<html><head></head><body>One other thing I've found with text in printim using .png format: Sometimes there is still some funky thing going on if text size is small such that the text isn't quite as clear/readable as one would expect. <br>
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If you reposition the text just an extra 0.01 inch (or so) left, right or up/down, it becomes much sharper. Just play with it some. <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On June 5, 2015 11:01:02 AM PDT, "Júlio Barboza Chiquetto" <julio22@gmail.com> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div dir="ltr">Hello Eric, <div>thanks so much for the valuable feedback!</div><div>Best regards,</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all" /><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="color:rgb(19,79,92);font-family:'times new roman',serif">Júlio B. Chiquetto,</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(19,79,92);font-family:'times new roman',serif"><br /></span></div><div><font color="#134f5c" face="Times New Roman">Doutorando em Climatologia</font></div><div><font color="#134f5c" face="times new roman, serif">USP - Geografia Física</font></div><div><br /></div><div><div><font color="#134f5c" face="times new roman, serif">PhD Student in Climatology</font></div><div><font color="#134f5c" face="times new roman, serif">University of Sao Paulo - Physical Geography</font></div></div></div></div></div>
<br /><div class="gmail_quote">On 5 June 2015 at 14:16, Eric Altshuler <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ela@cola.iges.org" target="_blank">ela@cola.iges.org</a>></span> wrote:<br /><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000">Hello Julio,<div><br /></div><div>I would also suggest you use PNG (the default image format for printim) or GIF. Both of these formats use lossless compression. JPG is lossy, and is intended for images with many colors (thousands or more) and without text or sharp borders between colors. When zooming in on the high resolution image, significant distortion is present. Since your images have a small number of colors, text, and abrupt transitions between colors, you should use PNG or GIF. JPG does not handle this type of image well.</div><div><br /></div><div>Best regards,<br /><br /><div><span name="x"></span>Eric
L. Altshuler<br />Research Scientist<br />Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies<br />253 Research Hall, Mail Stop 6C5<div>George Mason University</div><div>4400 University Drive<br />Fairfax, VA 22030 USA<br /><br />E-mail: <a href="mailto:ela@cola.iges.org" target="_blank">ela@cola.iges.org</a><br />Phone: <a href="tel:%28703%29%20993-5725" value="+17039935725" target="_blank">(703) 993-5725</a><br />Fax: <a href="tel:%28703%29%20993-5770" value="+17039935770" target="_blank">(703) 993-5770</a></div><span name="x"></span><br /></div><br /><hr /><b>From: </b>"Júlio Barboza Chiquetto" <<a href="mailto:julio22@gmail.com" target="_blank">julio22@gmail.com</a>><br /><b>To: </b>"GrADS Users Forum" <<a href="mailto:gradsusr@gradsusr.org" target="_blank">gradsusr@gradsusr.org</a>><br /><b>Sent: </b>Thursday, June 4, 2015 11:39:27 PM<br /><b>Subject: </b>Re: [gradsusr] High resolution images problem<div><div class="h5"><br /><br /><div
dir="ltr">Jeff, <div>thank you for clarifying, I will follow your suggestion then.</div><div>Kind regards,</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all" /><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><span>Júlio B. Chiquetto,</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><font color="#134f5c" face="Times New Roman">Doutorando em Climatologia</font></div><div><font color="#134f5c" face="times new roman, serif">USP - Geografia Física</font></div><div><br /></div><div><div><font color="#134f5c" face="times new roman, serif">PhD Student in Climatology</font></div><div><font color="#134f5c" face="times new roman, serif">University of Sao Paulo - Physical Geography</font></div></div></div></div></div>
<br /><div class="gmail_quote">On 4 June 2015 at 23:20, Jeff Duda <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jeffduda319@gmail.com" target="_blank">jeffduda319@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br /><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>I think the number of pixels used for fonts scales differently with changing image size. Just increase the font thickness and/or size to improve readability.<br /><br /></div>Jeff Duda<br /></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br /><div class="gmail_quote"><span>On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 5:59 PM, Júlio Barboza Chiquetto <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:julio22@gmail.com" target="_blank">julio22@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br /></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Hello all,</div><div>I've had some problems generating high-resolution images with printim (I am using version
2.0).</div><div>It seems that, with, a white background, the text gets somehow fainter.</div><div>The more pixels I used in the commands, the more the text faded.</div><div>For these images I used:</div><div>printim image1.jpg x5000 y5000 white</div><div>printim image2.jpg x500 y500 white<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>For image 2, I used 10x less pixels but the text is much clearer to read.</div><div>There must be something obvious I am missing here, but I am afraid I don't know much about digital images.</div><div><br /></div><div>I suppose I could change x and y axis fonts thickness and size, but I am not sure it would work. </div><div>Anyway, I don't understand why this happens and am looking for a reasonable solution.</div><div><br /></div><div>Kind regards,</div><div><br /></div><div><span>Júlio B. Chiquetto,</span><br /></div><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><span><br /></span></div><div><font color="#134f5c" face="Times New Roman">Doutorando em
Climatologia</font></div><div><font color="#134f5c" face="times new roman, serif">USP - Geografia Física</font></div><div><br /></div><div><div><font color="#134f5c" face="times new roman, serif">PhD Student in Climatology</font></div><div><font color="#134f5c" face="times new roman, serif">University of Sao Paulo - Physical Geography</font></div></div></div></div></div>
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