Re: st: can't print -tmap- output

[Phil Schumm <pschumm@uchicago.edu>]

At 2:57 PM -0500 1/12/05, Austin.Frakt@med.va.gov wrote:
> I'm generating US maps using -tmap- (thanks Maurizio Pisati) along with
> usmap.dta and fips.dta (via -ssc desc usmaps- ; thanks Scott Merryman).
>
> When I copy and paste a map so produced from Stata into Microsoft Word it
> looks great (aside from the legend which is way too small--a minor quibble
> for the moment).  However, when I print it, it is one big black blob, hiding
> all the variation by state.  I've tried many different ways of pasting it
> into Microsoft Word and all look good on the screen and only one (JPEG) can
> print okay (though the JPEG image is fuzzy).  Has anyone figured out how to
> do this in a more satisfying way?

I use Word only rarely, but whenever I've needed to incorporate a 
figure (e.g., a Stata graph) into a document, I've always translated 
it into EPS (encapsulated PostScript) format and then used Insert -> 
Picture -> From File...  This should give you excellent results when 
printing, at least when printing to a PostScript printer.  The 
-translate- command may be used to translate a graph into a variety 
of formats (including EPS), and -graph set- may be used to alter 
things such as size, orientation, and font.  Type "graph set eps" to 
see the current settings.


-- Phil
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