Thank you. I am distressed to see that there seems to be some difficulty in replying to my post - if fact there is a whole new thread out there now devoted to the topic of difficulty replying to me :-)
Is it something to do with the way I posted? If not, I am happy to read replies by private e-mail message or if a new thread can be started and identified as relevant to this topic.
Anyway:
Transferring the pattern is not a problem. I use the Staples paper as outlined in the link in my OP but I had tried others with essentially the same result.
I have tried fiddling with the printer setting but it will not allow me to do much and the resolution is pretty much set at 600 dpi.
However, motivated by your comments I looked again at the software issue. I examined the photographs again closely with the full resolution and magnification and I also dug up some prints I had from 10 years ago when I was using different software (Coreldraw vs. Inkscape I am using now)and a different printer.
It became obvious that the line pattern was not present 10 years ago. Furthermore, the line pattern present now is about 130 lines per inch, not 600. Also they are lines, not pixels as such.
I am not sure how to interpret this. Is this a function of the printer trying to reproduce half-tones? Is it an inherent function of Inkscape?
I tried photocopying one of the pattern sheets and the lines are not obvious on the copy as they are on the original. I have not got around to trying the transfer off the photocopy.
In what I do there are no grays: Only black and white. It would be really difficult to go over the whole pattern again and re-cover all the black areas with a re-touching medium (I find enamel hobby paints and a specific pen - Porcelaine - work best).
I guess the next step, assuming the photocopy transfer does not work, would be to have the pattern printed elsewhere (Staples) and then perhaps splash on a proper graphic program :-)
Thank you. I am distressed
Thank you. I am distressed to see that there seems to be some difficulty in replying to my post - if fact there is a whole new thread out there now devoted to the topic of difficulty replying to me :-)
Is it something to do with the way I posted? If not, I am happy to read replies by private e-mail message or if a new thread can be started and identified as relevant to this topic.
Anyway:
Transferring the pattern is not a problem. I use the Staples paper as outlined in the link in my OP but I had tried others with essentially the same result.
I have tried fiddling with the printer setting but it will not allow me to do much and the resolution is pretty much set at 600 dpi.
However, motivated by your comments I looked again at the software issue. I examined the photographs again closely with the full resolution and magnification and I also dug up some prints I had from 10 years ago when I was using different software (Coreldraw vs. Inkscape I am using now)and a different printer.
It became obvious that the line pattern was not present 10 years ago. Furthermore, the line pattern present now is about 130 lines per inch, not 600. Also they are lines, not pixels as such.
I am not sure how to interpret this. Is this a function of the printer trying to reproduce half-tones? Is it an inherent function of Inkscape?
I tried photocopying one of the pattern sheets and the lines are not obvious on the copy as they are on the original. I have not got around to trying the transfer off the photocopy.
In what I do there are no grays: Only black and white. It would be really difficult to go over the whole pattern again and re-cover all the black areas with a re-touching medium (I find enamel hobby paints and a specific pen - Porcelaine - work best).
I guess the next step, assuming the photocopy transfer does not work, would be to have the pattern printed elsewhere (Staples) and then perhaps splash on a proper graphic program :-)
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