Why the *&^%^ don't my tif's print...

[vfrontiers]

I am tired of scanning design sketches and importing into models and layouts only to have them NOT PRINT...

Sorry for the outburst, but something has to give... I can't keep wasting my time with this.

I can see the scan fine on plan... just prints NOTHING where a scan should be on paper.

Tried PDF, tiff (it's b/w).... Reduced file sizes.. still no print.

Help!

[Anonymous]

I had that problem. I converted the TIF to a PDF and then removed the tif and replaced it w/ the PDF on the layout. It worked.

[Rick Thompson]

Well, I use tiffs on my cover sheets each and every time I print, and have for years. I have never had that issue. Windows thing? I drag and drop the tiff image on the layout, and size. They always have printed.. well actually plotted.

Big help.. huh

[vfrontiers]

5000x10000 pixels?

It must have something to do with that old 4048 pixel limitation.

[Link]

From what I remember, that 4048 pixel limitation only applied to the size of renderings ArchiCAD (9) could output. It was later lifted to 32767 pixels by 32767 pixels.

Cheers,
Link.

[Anonymous]

Duane
Wild guess.
Could it be that you have layers that are not transferring over?
Since tiffs can have layers like psd's, maybe flattening files first?
Bier

[vfrontiers]

Don't think so.... All is visible on screen... I am pretty sure they are FLATTENED tiffs...

[Anonymous]

Duane

Sounds like a similar issue we had with tiff's except ours were dropping out when printing PDF's! Have you tried turning OFF the transparency?

[Laszlo Nagy]

vfrontiers wrote:
Don't think so.... All is visible on screen... I am pretty sure they are FLATTENED tiffs...

Have you tried it with image formats other than TIFF?

[Rick Thompson]

It's been a while, but I did once have problems with tiffs not printing until I preformed a "bring to front", but I think that only happened when the tiffs were on a master. I have not had that happen in a while.. maybe since AC10, but it might be worth a try. The tiffs were visible, but did not print until I did that. My tiffs are small.

I know it makes no sense, but what can I say.