Make sure that you are NOT letting Sesame scale the image. Use a graphics program to scale the image to the size you want, and have the static image box in Sesame set to the same dimensions (in pixels).

Maybe I misunderstood. Are you talking about a logo image on the screen, or are you talking about a logo image on a printout?

You know... I take back what I said about not allowing Sesame to scale the image. I must be remembering that being an issue from a long time ago.

I just tested it with a 2392 x 2969 jpg, and a 483 x 600 jpg. I scaled them both up and down, and Sesame did an excellent job.

What version are you using?

Now that you've scaled it down with an external program, does it print better in Sesame? If not, you probably will need to adjust the size of the form you are printing, so that it has the same aspect ratio of the paper.

Better yet, create an alternate form that is used just for printing, or look into the PrintString family of commands. If you do use PrintString, use high values in the NewPage command to achieve good quality graphic printouts.

What size is your form?

If the form is too small, you will end up with a coarse printout. I just tested a very small form (330 x 430) with a photo (35 x 42). The printout was horrible because Sesame takes those small items, and blows them up to fill the paper size. It does not add pixels, it can only make those pixels larger, giving you a very coarse looking result.

Then, I scaled the form and the photo up by a factor of 10, making the form 3300 x 4300, and the photo 350 x 42. (This is excessive, but it was to demonstrate the effect more clearly.) This time the printout was excellent. So, you can improve the quality of the printout by scaling the entire form and its contents up in size.

If scaling the form up makes it too large to work with on the screen (requiring you to scroll to see the whole form), then this is a perfect opportunity to make use of an alternate form that is there solely for printing. I have applications where I've done this because I needed a white background for printing, and a full-color background for working in; and I need to spread out the data from some tab pages. You can have a button on the primary form that will switch to the alternate form to print, then return back to the primary form automatically. (Actually, I've been meaning to write this up for the Inside Sesame newsletter.)

LP,

It's nice to see one of the other 9 QAWIN users (lol) There were not many of us. I too loved QAWIN and used it with third party utilities to accomplish some amazing tasks, however I can assure you Sesame blows QAWIN away in every possible way. Once I got used to the change (I hate change) I found Sesame to be as simple as QAWIN on most things I needed and with just a very little effort I was able to do things I could never even imagine possible with QAWIN.  I am not sure about your struggles with the logo but there must be something we are missing, because I have a bunch of output with logos. I often scan a paper form and then use it in a static image element as my background and place elements on top to be filled in so my users feel like they are working with the same forms they always have.

Have you tried a different image just to see if it is something may be funky with that particular image.

Keep us posted.

I’m not questioning that overall Sesame is leaps and bounds ahead of Q&A, I can appreciate Sesame’s capabilities from the programming I’ve been able to accomplish on my old translated Q&A forms.  The problem I’m having is only with the addressable pixels on the Sesame form with regards to the static picture. I did not set the form size in pixels….the translation from Q&A did. Is there a way to change the density of the pixel count? Minus the logo static picture, printing out the form results in excellent quality. The printed form has defined rounded boxes, which verifies it is printing out well beyond the 70dpi. I have tried several images that printout fine in other applications at the same size but not in Sesame. Does anyone have a sample form with a logo that I could see what I’m doing wrong? Am I wrong in stating if I scale the form up I will have to increase font size? I’m still scratching my head and will have to stop soon before I lose what valuable hair I have left.