Form Emulation question

rbuser

Hi,

I am trying to use the form emulation technique. I want the form to be
represented as accurately as possible. However, I cannot get the output to
print out without losing a great amount of resolution. My form is in a pdf
file. I have tried using the ppImage with a jpg representation of the form
and a WMF representation of the form. Does anyone have any suggestions on
how to get a clear WMF representation from a scanned image or from a jpg?
My only other option is to reproduce the form using shapes, but this
increases the amount of maintenance work needed. Any suggestions are
greatly appreciated!

Thanks.

Bob Hitch

digitalmetaphors

Jpeg is a lossy format so unless you minimize compression and maximize
quality you will usually lose a great deal of information. A lossless format
such as a device independent bitmap would be much better. EMFs (enhanced
WMFs) are a popular choice for forms emulation, but of course a lot depends
on the quality of the scan. Here is a snipped from tech-tips on forms
emulation regarding some available products for creating the forms

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The tax form in our tutorial was created by a customer. He used the MIPS
Transform Suite to do it at the time. It looks like the product has been
renamed to e-Transform 2000. It is available at: http://www.g7ps.com/,
however it's very expensive.

Another option is Adobe Illustrator 10. Although we haven't tried it, we
have heard that is has excellent support of vector graphic format
conversions. Unfortunately it's still rather pricey if you don't already
have it.

Finally, there is an open source freeware product called pstoedit which can
be obtained form http://www.pstoedit.net/pstoedit. It's been around for
quite awhile so it probably works pretty well. The con is that these types
of apps can be tricky to get set up.

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Cheers,

Alexander Kramnik
Digital Metaphors

rbuser

Thanks for the information.

Bob

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