When printing from your application to a vector file format, only certain types of objects can be put into each of the various vector files.
For example, suppose your application is printing a page, which looks like this:
When printing to a CGM file, which supports text and shape objects, but does not support raster objects, the output will appear like this:
See the table below for a list of which objects are supported for each format.
Format | Raster | Shapes | Text | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
VEC | Supported | Supported | Supported | |
DWF | Not supported | Supported | Supported | Filling is not supported, - format restriction. |
DXF | Supported | Supported | Supported | Filling is not supported, - format restriction. |
CGM | Not supported | Supported | Supported | No raster, format - restriction |
PLT | Not supported | Supported | Supported | No colors, no filling - format restriction. |
PCT | Not supported | Supported | Supported | Elliptical arcs not supported. |
DRW | Not supported | Supported | Supported | Elliptical arcs not supported. |
WMF | Supported | Supported | Supported | |
EMF | Supported | Supported | Supported | |
GBR | Not supported | Supported | Supported | Two colors only, - format restriction |
SHP | Not supported | Supported | Supported | No raster - format restriction |
PRN | Supported | Supported | Supported | No colors, no filling - format restriction. |
SVG | Supported | Supported | Supported | |
WPG | Supported | Supported | Supported |
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