Only Image Tag in Postscript File no Vector information

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itwhiz
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Only Image Tag in Postscript File no Vector information

Postby itwhiz » Tue Apr 19, 2011 2:44 am

Hi all,

I use Inkscape in conjunction with Graphtecprint to print to a Quickutz Silhouette-1 cutter.

It's been working fine up until I included a new graphic. I imported the Graphics, traced the Bitmap, placed the tracing where I wanted it and thought great, copy and paste a few more.

Everything was displayed OK, but when I came to print to a ps file and put that file through Graphtecprint all I get is 'Nothing to Print'

When I edit the 'ps' file I can see that Inkscape has saved it as an 'Image' and not vector commands so Graphtecprint can't use it.

Any ideas as to how I can convert the lines which I thought were paths to work correctly.

Thanks in advance.

itwhiz
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Re: Only Image Tag in Postscript File no Vector information

Postby itwhiz » Tue Apr 19, 2011 9:37 pm

Sorted it - the Opacity was set to 98% - I reset it to 100% and it worked. Created a Postscript file that then when trough Graphtecprint to the cutter.

Perfect.

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Re: Only Image Tag in Postscript File no Vector information

Postby brynn » Wed Apr 27, 2011 8:51 am

Ah, well a bit belated, but
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I'm glad you figured it out :D
Also, I'll move this to Cutter/Plotter forum, in case others might benefit.


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