Suggestions for improving print quality...

[arunb]

Hi,

At present I am using the picture box Print function to print text to a picture box control, for images I use the paintpicture function, to print I use the printer object/ paintpicture function to print the contents to the printer...

Will the above method cause any reduction in print quality ??

Also are there any better methods ???


thanks
arunb

[si_the_geek]

I have used those methods many times, and I've never noticed any quality issues (or had comments about it from the programs users).

[CVMichael]

I found that if I use a picturebox to write/draw stuff, and then transfer to the printer object, the image becomes pixelated.

But if you print directly on the printer object, the image & text quality is much better.

[CVMichael]

I just remembered another positive thing about printing directly onto the printer object.

If you print to a PDF printer, the PDF will have smaller size because it takes the text and drawings as individual objects in the PDF instead of taking it like a picture. So if you print to a PDF printer, you can actually modify the text in the PDF since it's saved as an object in the file.