Re: Producing print-quality letters in HTML using webserver?

Thanx for your reply.

It seems that my problem lies with the way the browser displays the image. In its original Word template, the image is about 1" sq, and prints to that size with good results. After converting it to JPG or PNG and displaying it in the browser, it's displayed about 5" sq, and it prints to that size too. I had tried rescaling the image in the page using WIDTH=, but, while it printed in the correct size, the printed image was very blocky and thus not suitable for a letterhead. Is there
something I'm missing in order to get it to print to the 1" size, yet with all the detail retained?

(I realise we're getting away from Oracle. Sorry!)

-ak

Jason Nugent wrote in message <34E1F7A9.3FE63D5C_at_chebucto.ns.ca>...
> Generally, HTML is difficult to use as a type-setting language.
>Although it is possible to use GIF and JPG with good quality (it all
 depends
>on how you got the image in to your system in the first place - scanned, or
>created?), you might want to consider using something like Adobe PDF file
>format and perhaps make something available for download rather than print?
>If you are scanning images in and want them to be printable, dpi becomes an
>issue. With the web, 300 dpi is PLENTY (since most monitors can't see more
>than 72 or maybe 96 dpi), but you might want to consider 600 dpi for
 printed
>material.
>
> I hope this helps,
>
> Jason
>ak wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> We have a requirement to augment our Oracle Webserver application to
>> produce printed letters. The letters include a logo and other graphics,
>> and therein lies the problem - I can't produce a letter with a
>> decent-enough printed version using GIF and JPG graphics - they're too
>> "blocky".
>>
>> Has anyone tried to do soemthing like this? What would be the best/most
>> integrated way of generating print-quality letters from a webserver app?
>>
>> Thanx
>>
>> A.
>
>
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