[OS X TeX] printing help?

[get86 at mac.com]

how were the "dots" [points on a graph] applied?

a Mathematica graph was saved as an eps which Latex read into the 
document.

??

-Ted

On Thursday, April 4, 2002, at 01:57  AM, Ross Moore wrote:

>> we have a finished paper [pdf] with lots of equations and some graphs.
>>
>> graphs: we have a X - Y graph with a couple curved lines on it and on
>> each line there are 2 points (dots) -no big deal, very simple looking.
>>
>> on the screen we see the dots, in print we see the dots -BUT when we
>> email it to a collaborator who uses a PC and he prints it, the dots are
>> missing.
>
> How did you put the dots there?
> Are they really dots --- a filled circle, say
> or are they a font-character
>   --- e.g. a 'bullet': Option-8 on a Mac keyboard,
>            for a Mac-encoded font.
>
> I can certainly understand a PC not being able to render the bullet;
> but if it's a filled circle, then there shouldn't be a problem.
>
>
>> further, we have noticed a difference between Acrobat Reader 4.0 and
>> Acrobat Reader 5.0 in whether we see the dots on the *screen*:
>> in 4 we don't, in 5 we do; but both give dots when printed.
>
> Hmm; sounds like you've used a font character, and it's a font problem.
> Please confirm.
> Better still, provide a URL so the PDF can be downloaded.
>
>> that's fine for us, but why can't the other guy get the dots printed?
>> (i'm not at work and forgot whether he sees them on screen -he's not
>> there but the email is!
>>
>> i'll get this info straight Friday, but i believe the process is
>> something like (Mac OS9): OzteX5/MacGS PPC/Acrobat Reader.
>
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> 	Ross
> 	
>
>> thanks in advance.
>>
>> -Ted
>
>
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