RAW vs EMF format for high-res digital images

[Douglas Laudenschlager]

MY QUESTION
If I change RAW to EMF format to spool high resolution digital images from
PhotoShop to a photo printer, in order to take advantage of the print server
and free up my desktop computer, will the output quality of the images
suffer?

BACKGROUND
I understand that Windows basically uses 1 of 2 formats to spool images to a
printer: EMF (the more efficient) or RAW. I see that both the printers we
have installed on various Windows XP Pro computers here are set to RAW by
default. I also understand that EMF gets spooled to a print server for
processing (if there is a print server), while RAW is processed on the
client machine.

SCENARIO
I am setting up a print server for a photographer who prints high-resolution
images to his Epson 2200 that may lock up the client machine for as long as
a half-hour per image. However the print server won't help if RAW images are
still processed entirely on the client. I'm trying to understand what my
options are here!

Thank you!

[Thomas Ferguson]

This article might be of use. It speaks of Windows 9x systems but the basic
information has wider application.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/w98ddk/hh/w98ddk/printer_0r5j.asp

This article is probably more useful since it pertains to NT systems.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/prodtechnol/ntwrkstn/reskit/wrkprint.asp

And these pertain directly to XP.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/proddocs/sag_printconcepts_cpu_datatypes.asp

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/w98ddk/hh/w98ddk/printer_0qyd.asp

And possibly useful-
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnwinpro02/html/w9p0102.asp

Hope these set you off in the right direction.

--

Tom
MSMVP PS-D





"Douglas Laudenschlager" > wrote
in message ...
> MY QUESTION
> If I change RAW to EMF format to spool high resolution digital images from
> PhotoShop to a photo printer, in order to take advantage of the print
server
> and free up my desktop computer, will the output quality of the images
> suffer?
>
> BACKGROUND
> I understand that Windows basically uses 1 of 2 formats to spool images to
a
> printer: EMF (the more efficient) or RAW. I see that both the printers we
> have installed on various Windows XP Pro computers here are set to RAW by
> default. I also understand that EMF gets spooled to a print server for
> processing (if there is a print server), while RAW is processed on the
> client machine.
>
> SCENARIO
> I am setting up a print server for a photographer who prints
high-resolution
> images to his Epson 2200 that may lock up the client machine for as long
as
> a half-hour per image. However the print server won't help if RAW images
are
> still processed entirely on the client. I'm trying to understand what my
> options are here!
>
> Thank you!
>
>