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Re: Problems with PCX graphics

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From: Per
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 1995 00:00
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In article <Mf0OmSBMYjOE075yn@eskimo.com>, stech@eskimo.com says...
>
>Anyone have problems with the PCX graphic format? We scanned about 200 
>Grayscale pictures with Photoshop for a 2-color catalog and saved them 
as 
>PCX so they could import into both MS Access and also Pagemaker. On 
>outputting the 2-color separation from Pagemaker to our RIP (which we 
can 
>view on a monitor), we discovered that Pagemaker is putting the graphics 
in 
>both the Black and the Color (Magenta) separation (should show up only 
in 
>the Black).
>
>I understand that Pagemaker might handle TIFFs better. Anyone know of a 
>batch conversion utility for DOS or Windows that could convert all PCX 
>files in a directory to TIFFs?
>
Have You tried Corel Mosaic? I think it may handle your problem
>_________________________________________________________________
>Harvey Steck                                   <stech@eskimo.com>
>P.O. Box 1094                                 Ph.: (360) 832-3482
>Eatonville, WA  98328                         Fax: (360) 832-3720
>
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From: perk@nano.no (Per)
Subject: Re: Problems with PCX graphics
Date: 1995/09/26
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