Comments on: Visio Spectrum Shape http://www.visguy.com/2009/09/02/visio-spectrum-shape/ Smart graphics for visual people. Visio Guy offers Microsoft Visio shapes, stencils, templates, code, power user tips and programming advice and ShapeSheet examples for creating Visio SmartShapes. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:52:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: HH http://www.visguy.com/2009/09/02/visio-spectrum-shape/comment-page-1/#comment-23246 HH Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:45:27 +0000 http://www.visguy.com/?p=3838#comment-23246 It does it when printing to a PDF using adobe elements so I suspect it's a visio problem, haven't tried 2010 to see if it's be fixed but it's quite annoying. I usally export it to SVG and then open it in something else but that's also frought with danger as visio can make a hash of that too (especially the bar graphs and gradients) It does it when printing to a PDF using adobe elements so I suspect it’s a visio problem, haven’t tried 2010 to see if it’s be fixed but it’s quite annoying. I usally export it to SVG and then open it in something else but that’s also frought with danger as visio can make a hash of that too (especially the bar graphs and gradients)

]]> By: Visio Guy http://www.visguy.com/2009/09/02/visio-spectrum-shape/comment-page-1/#comment-23239 Visio Guy Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:00:06 +0000 http://www.visguy.com/?p=3838#comment-23239 Hi HH, Yeah, my <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26x%3D0%26ref%255F%3Dnb%255Fss%26y%3D0%26field-keywords%3Dhp%2520color%2520laserjet%25202600%26url%3Dsearch-alias%253Daps&tag=wanderkind-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957" rel="nofollow">HP 2600n</a> doesn't handle Visio-transparency very well either. I don't know if it is a printer problem or a Microsoft problem. What I usually do is just export full-color, transparency-containing, fancy-schmancy Visio drawings to a high-resolution bitmap, then print them out. It works fine, and I don't often print out such drawings. I've used Visio to design a few posters and my own business cards over the years, and I find that taking an exported bitmap to Kinkos is the best way to get accurate, high-quality reproduction. Hi HH,

Yeah, my HP 2600n doesn’t handle Visio-transparency very well either.

I don’t know if it is a printer problem or a Microsoft problem.

What I usually do is just export full-color, transparency-containing, fancy-schmancy Visio drawings to a high-resolution bitmap, then print them out. It works fine, and I don’t often print out such drawings.

I’ve used Visio to design a few posters and my own business cards over the years, and I find that taking an exported bitmap to Kinkos is the best way to get accurate, high-quality reproduction.

]]> By: HH http://www.visguy.com/2009/09/02/visio-spectrum-shape/comment-page-1/#comment-23230 HH Thu, 10 Sep 2009 03:48:36 +0000 http://www.visguy.com/?p=3838#comment-23230 Transperency doesn't print correctly on our Xerox C450 (Colour copier) here at work, comes out all grainy and filled with little + signs. Transperency doesn’t print correctly on our Xerox C450 (Colour copier) here at work, comes out all grainy and filled with little + signs.

]]> By: Wombat http://www.visguy.com/2009/09/02/visio-spectrum-shape/comment-page-1/#comment-23221 Wombat Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:11:59 +0000 http://www.visguy.com/?p=3838#comment-23221 I've been walking around with three words in my head all day since reading this in the morning: Fruit Stripe Gum! I’ve been walking around with three words in my head all day since reading this in the morning: Fruit Stripe Gum!

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