Large images don't print

[BFPoulin]

I have a case where a large image (approx. 12,000 x 12,000 pixels) is
inserted in an Word document. The insert picture works fine and the image is
visible , but the image does not print. It is replaced by an icon. I have
tried different printers, different printer drivers with no success. If the
print resolution is reduced, the print works fine. Unfortunately, the high
resolution is absolutely needed, for this application. It must be printed on
an ANSI C size sheet at 600 dpi resolution. It seems that Office has a hidden
limit in the size of images it can print. The same issue happens in EXCEL and
Power Point. Other applications (non Office applications) can print the same
picture without any problem. Unfortunately, the picture is needed in a WORD
or EXCEL document.

Anybody can help?

Office version 2003
Operating system: Office XP Pro, Version 5.1.2600, SP2 Build 2600
Computer: IBM ThinkPad Pentium 4, 2.1 GHz
Physical memory: 2 GBytes
Hard drive: 100 GBytes, NTFS (Free space ~ 50 GBytes)

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi B.F.,

Part of this will depend on the graphic type you're using and its internal settings. If the graphic has embedded in it a 600 ppi
value then Word would size your graphic (100%) to be 20" x 20" (12,000/600), however, an ANSI C sheet size spec calls for 17" x 22",
so there's a bit of a mismatch there (22" is Word's maximum paper dimension) allowing for margins.

If the graphic does not have an embedded value for PPI, then the settings in Word 2003 in
Tools=>Options=>General=>Web Options=>Pictures
would affect the handling of the graphic and, if I recall correctly, 420 is the highest PPI value that will 'stick' there.

Printing can also affect things. The Office graphic engine does antialias graphics to some extent and the particular printer driver
behavior for handling graphics may also have multiple settings for speed/quality/etc that you may need to look at. Plus a graphic
that size with a high color count can take a lot of resources and spooling (Word is more complex in page layout than other software
for this).

However, it's not clear why you'd get an 'icon' in Printed copy but not in the Print Layout or in Print preview. Is this an
inserted graphic, or a linked object, or ???

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I have a case where a large image (approx. 12,000 x 12,000 pixels) is
inserted in an Word document. The insert picture works fine and the image is
visible , but the image does not print. It is replaced by an icon. I have
tried different printers, different printer drivers with no success. If the
print resolution is reduced, the print works fine. Unfortunately, the high
resolution is absolutely needed, for this application. It must be printed on
an ANSI C size sheet at 600 dpi resolution. It seems that Office has a hidden
limit in the size of images it can print. The same issue happens in EXCEL and
Power Point. Other applications (non Office applications) can print the same
picture without any problem. Unfortunately, the picture is needed in a WORD
or EXCEL document.

Anybody can help?

Office version 2003
Operating system: Office XP Pro, Version 5.1.2600, SP2 Build 2600
Computer: IBM ThinkPad Pentium 4, 2.1 GHz
Physical memory: 2 GBytes
Hard drive: 100 GBytes, NTFS (Free space ~ 50 GBytes) >>
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Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

 

[BFPoulin]

Hi Bob,

Thank you for the tips. The particular case I am fighting with is a
monochrome TIFF image with the folowing parameters:

Width: 13184 pixels
Height: 10200 pixels
Horizontal and vertical resolution: 600 ppi
Bit depth: 1
Frame count: 1
It should fit well into an ANSI C size. It was created using a TIFF printer
driver (Zan Image Printer BW) from a CAD application and the output format
was ANSI C, 600 ppi. For the printer driver, I have tried 4 different printer
drivers:
Xerox document center
HP Laser Jet 4000
Zan Image printer (printer emulator which creates tiff or jpeg images)
PDF995 (printer emulator which creates pdf files)

All of them produce the exact same result: an icon is printed in place of
the image. If I reduce the output format to letter using 600 ppi, then the
printing works fine on all of them. If I print on C size, but reduce the
print resolution, again it works fine. The CAD application can print on ANSI
C at 600 ppi without problem on the same printers (all 4 of them). Only
Office applications give me problem.

Any idea where I can look?

Thanks again

Bertrand

 

[BFPoulin]

Any ideas? Anybody?

Hi Bob,

Thank you for the tips. The particular case I am fighting with is a
monochrome TIFF image with the folowing parameters:

Width: 13184 pixels
Height: 10200 pixels
Horizontal and vertical resolution: 600 ppi
Bit depth: 1
Frame count: 1
It should fit well into an ANSI C size. It was created using a TIFF printer
driver (Zan Image Printer BW) from a CAD application and the output format
was ANSI C, 600 ppi. For the printer driver, I have tried 4 different printer
drivers:
Xerox document center
HP Laser Jet 4000
Zan Image printer (printer emulator which creates tiff or jpeg images)
PDF995 (printer emulator which creates pdf files)

All of them produce the exact same result: an icon is printed in place of
the image. If I reduce the output format to letter using 600 ppi, then the
printing works fine on all of them. If I print on C size, but reduce the
print resolution, again it works fine. The CAD application can print on ANSI
C at 600 ppi without problem on the same printers (all 4 of them). Only
Office applications give me problem.

Any idea where I can look?

Thanks again

Bertrand