Re: PDF printing problems with an HP Designjet 110 from a Mac

[gary dorn]

>Problem is from a mixed platform office.   PDF's printed to this 
>printer from the PC print at the correct size and the colours are 
>reasonably close to the PDF.  Same file printed from the Mac are 
>always at 99% size and the colours always acquire a green tinge 
>(result is the same from both Acrobat Reader and Preview).  OS is up 
>to date.
>
>Does anybody knows how to fix either of these problems?  Thanks in advance.


Hi ya Mike

I run a  HP Design Jet 750c via Leapard 10.6.6

I have the it connected  via a keyspan parallell to USB  cable

I use HP 750C driver, which I think I downloaded from HP?

printing size

yes seems to say 96 or what ever %

In the  print dialogue box, go to printer features
change shrink page to CROP ( preserves dimensions)


maybe play around with color model

when all okay ( if it is) save as a Preset

The other thing is to check the sheet size dimensions

hope this helps

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Re: PDF printing problems with an HP Designjet 110 from a Mac

[Mike Moore]

Ronnie, yes I have been to that page.  What is being printed is A1 drawings.  
Another thing I've noticed is that on the Mac defining the page is agricultural 
when compared to the PC - not what i expected.  Its almost as if HP only did 
half the job.


On 12/10/2011, at 4:05 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:

> Hi Mike,
> 
> Grrr HP are hopeless at updating their Mac drivers … I never recommend HP 
> Printers for use on Macs.
> Have you selected the printer model here ands check if you have the latest 
> drivers for OS X 10.5?
> 
> 
> 
> Did you check you had A4 Paper Size?
> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni
> 
> On 12/10/2011, at 2:49 PM, Mike Moore wrote:
> 
>> Ronni the OS is Leopard which has the HP drivers built in supposedly.   I 
>> have trawled the US HP website looking for updated drivers without any joy.  
>> Ditto for troubleshooting information.  
>> 
>> I have also searched several forums looking for answers without any luck.  
>> What I have discovered is that many Mac users have switched from HP because 
>> HP haven't fixed their Mac printing problems.
>> 
>> 
>> On 12/10/2011, at 1:52 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> On 12/10/2011, at 11:59 AM, Mike Moore wrote:
>>> 
 Problem is from a mixed platform office.   PDF's printed to this printer 
 from the PC print at the correct size and the colours are reasonably close 
 to the PDF.  Same file printed from the Mac are always at 99% size and the 
 colours always acquire a green tinge (result is the same from both Acrobat 
 Reader and Preview).  OS is up to date.
 
 Does anybody knows how to fix either of these problems?  Thanks in advance.
>>> 
>>> Hi Mike,
>>> 
>>> You mention your OS is up to date …but what OS? OS X 10.4.9, OS X 10.5.8, 
>>> OS X 10.6.8 or OS X 10.7.1?
>>> 
>>> Have you checked your Print settings on your Mac in the Print Preview 
>>> window, that Paper Size is A4 not US Legal or US Letter?
>>> File > Print - Paper Size
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Ronni
>>> 
>>> 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt"
>>> 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD
>>> 
>>> OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard 
>>> OS X 10.7 Lion
>>> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
>>> 
>>> 
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Re: PDF printing problems with an HP Designjet 110 from a Mac

[Ronda Brown]

Hi Mike,

Grrr HP are hopeless at updating their Mac drivers … I never recommend HP 
Printers for use on Macs.
Have you selected the printer model here ands check if you have the latest 
drivers for OS X 10.5?



Did you check you had A4 Paper Size?

Cheers,
Ronni

On 12/10/2011, at 2:49 PM, Mike Moore wrote:

> Ronni the OS is Leopard which has the HP drivers built in supposedly.   I 
> have trawled the US HP website looking for updated drivers without any joy.  
> Ditto for troubleshooting information.  
> 
> I have also searched several forums looking for answers without any luck.  
> What I have discovered is that many Mac users have switched from HP because 
> HP haven't fixed their Mac printing problems.
> 
> 
> On 12/10/2011, at 1:52 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On 12/10/2011, at 11:59 AM, Mike Moore wrote:
>> 
>>> Problem is from a mixed platform office.   PDF's printed to this printer 
>>> from the PC print at the correct size and the colours are reasonably close 
>>> to the PDF.  Same file printed from the Mac are always at 99% size and the 
>>> colours always acquire a green tinge (result is the same from both Acrobat 
>>> Reader and Preview).  OS is up to date.
>>> 
>>> Does anybody knows how to fix either of these problems?  Thanks in advance.
>> 
>> Hi Mike,
>> 
>> You mention your OS is up to date …but what OS? OS X 10.4.9, OS X 10.5.8, OS 
>> X 10.6.8 or OS X 10.7.1?
>> 
>> Have you checked your Print settings on your Mac in the Print Preview 
>> window, that Paper Size is A4 not US Legal or US Letter?
>> File > Print - Paper Size
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Ronni
>> 
>> 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt"
>> 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD
>> 
>> OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard 
>> OS X 10.7 Lion
>> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
>> 
>> 

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Re: PDF printing problems with an HP Designjet 110 from a Mac

[Mike Moore]

Ronni the OS is Leopard which has the HP drivers built in supposedly.   I have 
trawled the US HP website looking for updated drivers without any joy.  Ditto 
for troubleshooting information.  

I have also searched several forums looking for answers without any luck.  What 
I have discovered is that many Mac users have switched from HP because HP 
haven't fixed their Mac printing problems.


On 12/10/2011, at 1:52 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:

> 
> On 12/10/2011, at 11:59 AM, Mike Moore wrote:
> 
>> Problem is from a mixed platform office.   PDF's printed to this printer 
>> from the PC print at the correct size and the colours are reasonably close 
>> to the PDF.  Same file printed from the Mac are always at 99% size and the 
>> colours always acquire a green tinge (result is the same from both Acrobat 
>> Reader and Preview).  OS is up to date.
>> 
>> Does anybody knows how to fix either of these problems?  Thanks in advance.
> 
> Hi Mike,
> 
> You mention your OS is up to date …but what OS? OS X 10.4.9, OS X 10.5.8, OS 
> X 10.6.8 or OS X 10.7.1?
> 
> Have you checked your Print settings on your Mac in the Print Preview window, 
> that Paper Size is A4 not US Legal or US Letter?
> File > Print - Paper Size
> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni
> 
> 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt"
> 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD
> 
> OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard 
> OS X 10.7 Lion
> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Re: PDF printing problems with an HP Designjet 110 from a Mac

[Ronda Brown]

On 12/10/2011, at 11:59 AM, Mike Moore wrote:

> Problem is from a mixed platform office.   PDF's printed to this printer from 
> the PC print at the correct size and the colours are reasonably close to the 
> PDF.  Same file printed from the Mac are always at 99% size and the colours 
> always acquire a green tinge (result is the same from both Acrobat Reader and 
> Preview).  OS is up to date.
> 
> Does anybody knows how to fix either of these problems?  Thanks in advance.

Hi Mike,

You mention your OS is up to date …but what OS? OS X 10.4.9, OS X 10.5.8, OS X 
10.6.8 or OS X 10.7.1?

Have you checked your Print settings on your Mac in the Print Preview window, 
that Paper Size is A4 not US Legal or US Letter?
 File > Print - Paper Size

Cheers,
Ronni

17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt"
2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD

OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard 
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Re: PDF printing

[Rob Davies]

Morning,

PDF/X will strip much from document as it is designed to pass through a 
prepress device without hassle.
Annotations, Javascript, Encryption, Fonts have to be embedded, Trapping 
explicit, ETC...
Specification for PDF/X
http://goo.gl/g5fjA

My experience from print window if you "save as PDF" it will produce a preview 
with current printer settings.

Cheers!
`RobD..


On 02/07/2011, at 5:04 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:

> Hi Bill,
> 
> I meant to mention before that for best quality printing of PDFs.
> Save as PDF-X - Generates a PDF-X of your print job to a destination of your 
> choice. 
> PDF-X files follow a series of printing related requirements not found in 
> standard PDFs, and are used by professional print shops.
> 
> So I guess you could leave the “Postscript” bit out ;-)
> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni 
> 
> On 02/07/2011, at 3:10 PM, Bill Parker wrote:
> 
>> All from Quark  as far as I know Ronda.  But the save as PS option looked a 
>> possibility.  I'll try that later.
>> 
>> Bill
>> On 02/07/2011, at 2:54 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Bill,
>>> 
>>> I’ve only now read this thread. Were the PDFs you are having the text 
>>> quality with when printed, created in Pages Application?
>>> If so, try this:
>>> 
>>> In Pages:
>>> 1. Go to “File >  Print”
>>> 2. When the dialogue box appears, click on “PDF”
>>> 3. Select “Save As Postscript”
>>> 4. Then double-click to open this file  “.ps” and it will convert 
>>> itself to a PDF
>>> 5. Then name it & save it as a PDF using Preview ( it will be showing 
>>> Format: PDF)
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Ronni
>>> 
>>> On 02/07/2011, at 10:35 AM, Bill Parker wrote:
>>> 
 
 I think I have it.  I tested your idea Merv and that worked.   But looking 
 at my main work doc this past week - a 48 page mag, it has to be sent LOW 
 res to actually get to me and there the problem lies!   Its just that I 
 dislike proof reading on screen.
 
 
 Many thanks all.
 Bill
 On 01/07/2011, at 9:20 PM, Merv Bond wrote:
 
> 
> Bill
> Recently I have received documents that are in say, Times New Roman, but 
> the characters appear "ragged".
> If I select all and then set the font to Times New Roman Regular all is 
> well. This occurs when the original text is sent as Times New Roman 
> postscript.
> Give it a go.
> Merv
> 
> On Fri1Jul2011 Fri1Jul6:18 PM, cm wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Bill,
>> 
>> I'm still not entirely clear. Is it unreadable gobbledegook or are the 
>> letters correct but badly printed. When I say you could have the printer 
>> set to draft quality, that is a per document decision that you can make 
>> in the print dialog. MS Word, for instance, may be using its own print 
>> dialog and setting the printer to high quality, but when you use the OS 
>> X print dialog, you may have draft mode selected.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Carlo
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
>> 
>> On 01/07/2011, at 17:57, Bill Parker  wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Carlo The text is mostly unreadable, but NOT for MS Word and several 
>>> other softwares.  So I think it is not the printer.
>>> Bill
>>> On 01/07/2011, at 5:49 PM, cm wrote:
>>> 
 
 Hi Bill,
 
 Not sure I can help but what do you mean by poor quality? Is it that 
 the text badly laid-out or is it that he individual letters are rough?
 
 Could it be that you have your printer set to draft quality?
 
 Cheers,
 Carlo
 
 On 2011-07-01, at 17:08, Bill Parker wrote:
 
> 
> I wonder if I have some settings wrong?   Whether using Adobe Acrobat 
> 8 pro or Preview, I cannot print PDf text at anything like decent 
> quality.  The printer is a Canon MX310.   Done a few miles  but all 
> other softwares print fine.
> 
> 
> Bill
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Re: PDF printing

[Ronda Brown]

Hi Bill,

I meant to mention before that for best quality printing of PDFs.
Save as PDF-X - Generates a PDF-X of your print job to a destination of your 
choice. 
PDF-X files follow a series of printing related requirements not found in 
standard PDFs, and are used by professional print shops.

So I guess you could leave the “Postscript” bit out ;-)

Cheers,
Ronni 

On 02/07/2011, at 3:10 PM, Bill Parker wrote:

> All from Quark  as far as I know Ronda.  But the save as PS option looked a 
> possibility.  I'll try that later.
> 
> Bill
> On 02/07/2011, at 2:54 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
> 
>> Hi Bill,
>> 
>> I’ve only now read this thread. Were the PDFs you are having the text 
>> quality with when printed, created in Pages Application?
>> If so, try this:
>> 
>> In Pages:
>> 1. Go to “File >  Print”
>> 2. When the dialogue box appears, click on “PDF”
>> 3. Select “Save As Postscript”
>> 4. Then double-click to open this file  “.ps” and it will convert itself 
>> to a PDF
>> 5. Then name it & save it as a PDF using Preview ( it will be showing 
>> Format: PDF)
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Ronni
>> 
>> On 02/07/2011, at 10:35 AM, Bill Parker wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> I think I have it.  I tested your idea Merv and that worked.   But looking 
>>> at my main work doc this past week - a 48 page mag, it has to be sent LOW 
>>> res to actually get to me and there the problem lies!   Its just that I 
>>> dislike proof reading on screen.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Many thanks all.
>>> Bill
>>> On 01/07/2011, at 9:20 PM, Merv Bond wrote:
>>> 
 
 Bill
 Recently I have received documents that are in say, Times New Roman, but 
 the characters appear "ragged".
 If I select all and then set the font to Times New Roman Regular all is 
 well. This occurs when the original text is sent as Times New Roman 
 postscript.
 Give it a go.
 Merv
 
 On Fri1Jul2011 Fri1Jul6:18 PM, cm wrote:
> 
> Hi Bill,
> 
> I'm still not entirely clear. Is it unreadable gobbledegook or are the 
> letters correct but badly printed. When I say you could have the printer 
> set to draft quality, that is a per document decision that you can make 
> in the print dialog. MS Word, for instance, may be using its own print 
> dialog and setting the printer to high quality, but when you use the OS X 
> print dialog, you may have draft mode selected.
> 
> Cheers,
> Carlo
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
> On 01/07/2011, at 17:57, Bill Parker  wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Carlo The text is mostly unreadable, but NOT for MS Word and several 
>> other softwares.  So I think it is not the printer.
>> Bill
>> On 01/07/2011, at 5:49 PM, cm wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Hi Bill,
>>> 
>>> Not sure I can help but what do you mean by poor quality? Is it that 
>>> the text badly laid-out or is it that he individual letters are rough?
>>> 
>>> Could it be that you have your printer set to draft quality?
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Carlo
>>> 
>>> On 2011-07-01, at 17:08, Bill Parker wrote:
>>> 
 
 I wonder if I have some settings wrong?   Whether using Adobe Acrobat 
 8 pro or Preview, I cannot print PDf text at anything like decent 
 quality.  The printer is a Canon MX310.   Done a few miles  but all 
 other softwares print fine.
 
 
 Bill




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[Bill Parker]

All from Quark  as far as I know Ronda.  But the save as PS option  
looked a possibility.  I'll try that later.


Bill
On 02/07/2011, at 2:54 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:


Hi Bill,

I’ve only now read this thread. Were the PDFs you are having the  
text quality with when printed, created in Pages Application?

If so, try this:

In Pages:
1. Go to “File >  Print”
2. When the dialogue box appears, click on “PDF”
3. Select “Save As Postscript”
4. Then double-click to open this file  “.ps” and it will  
convert itself to a PDF
5. Then name it & save it as a PDF using Preview ( it will be  
showing Format: PDF)


Cheers,
Ronni

On 02/07/2011, at 10:35 AM, Bill Parker wrote:



I think I have it.  I tested your idea Merv and that worked.   But  
looking at my main work doc this past week - a 48 page mag, it has  
to be sent LOW res to actually get to me and there the problem  
lies!   Its just that I dislike proof reading on screen.



Many thanks all.
Bill
On 01/07/2011, at 9:20 PM, Merv Bond wrote:



Bill
Recently I have received documents that are in say, Times New  
Roman, but the characters appear "ragged".
If I select all and then set the font to Times New Roman Regular  
all is well. This occurs when the original text is sent as Times  
New Roman postscript.

Give it a go.
Merv

On Fri1Jul2011 Fri1Jul6:18 PM, cm wrote:


Hi Bill,

I'm still not entirely clear. Is it unreadable gobbledegook or  
are the letters correct but badly printed. When I say you could  
have the printer set to draft quality, that is a per document  
decision that you can make in the print dialog. MS Word, for  
instance, may be using its own print dialog and setting the  
printer to high quality, but when you use the OS X print dialog,  
you may have draft mode selected.


Cheers,
Carlo

Sent from my iPad

On 01/07/2011, at 17:57, Bill Parker  wrote:



Carlo The text is mostly unreadable, but NOT for MS Word and  
several other softwares.  So I think it is not the printer.

Bill
On 01/07/2011, at 5:49 PM, cm wrote:



Hi Bill,

Not sure I can help but what do you mean by poor quality? Is it  
that the text badly laid-out or is it that he individual  
letters are rough?


Could it be that you have your printer set to draft quality?

Cheers,
Carlo

On 2011-07-01, at 17:08, Bill Parker wrote:



I wonder if I have some settings wrong?   Whether using Adobe  
Acrobat 8 pro or Preview, I cannot print PDf text at anything  
like decent quality.  The printer is a Canon MX310.   Done a  
few miles  but all other softwares print fine.



Bill





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[Ronda Brown]

Hi Bill,

I’ve only now read this thread. Were the PDFs you are having the text quality 
with when printed, created in Pages Application?
If so, try this:

In Pages:
1. Go to “File >  Print”
2. When the dialogue box appears, click on “PDF”
3. Select “Save As Postscript”
4. Then double-click to open this file  “.ps” and it will convert itself to 
a PDF
5. Then name it & save it as a PDF using Preview ( it will be showing Format: 
PDF)

Cheers,
Ronni

On 02/07/2011, at 10:35 AM, Bill Parker wrote:

> 
> I think I have it.  I tested your idea Merv and that worked.   But looking at 
> my main work doc this past week - a 48 page mag, it has to be sent LOW res to 
> actually get to me and there the problem lies!   Its just that I dislike 
> proof reading on screen.
> 
> 
> Many thanks all.
> Bill
> On 01/07/2011, at 9:20 PM, Merv Bond wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Bill
>> Recently I have received documents that are in say, Times New Roman, but the 
>> characters appear "ragged".
>> If I select all and then set the font to Times New Roman Regular all is 
>> well. This occurs when the original text is sent as Times New Roman 
>> postscript.
>> Give it a go.
>> Merv
>> 
>> On Fri1Jul2011 Fri1Jul6:18 PM, cm wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Bill,
>>> 
>>> I'm still not entirely clear. Is it unreadable gobbledegook or are the 
>>> letters correct but badly printed. When I say you could have the printer 
>>> set to draft quality, that is a per document decision that you can make in 
>>> the print dialog. MS Word, for instance, may be using its own print dialog 
>>> and setting the printer to high quality, but when you use the OS X print 
>>> dialog, you may have draft mode selected.
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Carlo
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPad
>>> 
>>> On 01/07/2011, at 17:57, Bill Parker  wrote:
>>> 
 
 Carlo The text is mostly unreadable, but NOT for MS Word and several other 
 softwares.  So I think it is not the printer.
 Bill
 On 01/07/2011, at 5:49 PM, cm wrote:
 
> 
> Hi Bill,
> 
> Not sure I can help but what do you mean by poor quality? Is it that the 
> text badly laid-out or is it that he individual letters are rough?
> 
> Could it be that you have your printer set to draft quality?
> 
> Cheers,
> Carlo
> 
> On 2011-07-01, at 17:08, Bill Parker wrote:
> 
>> 
>> I wonder if I have some settings wrong?   Whether using Adobe Acrobat 8 
>> pro or Preview, I cannot print PDf text at anything like decent quality. 
>>  The printer is a Canon MX310.   Done a few miles  but all other 
>> softwares print fine.
>> 
>> 
>> Bill




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[Bill Parker]

I think I have it.  I tested your idea Merv and that worked.   But  
looking at my main work doc this past week - a 48 page mag, it has to  
be sent LOW res to actually get to me and there the problem lies!
Its just that I dislike proof reading on screen.



Many thanks all.
Bill
On 01/07/2011, at 9:20 PM, Merv Bond wrote:



Bill
Recently I have received documents that are in say, Times New Roman,  
but the characters appear "ragged".
If I select all and then set the font to Times New Roman Regular all  
is well. This occurs when the original text is sent as Times New  
Roman postscript.

Give it a go.
Merv

On Fri1Jul2011 Fri1Jul6:18 PM, cm wrote:


Hi Bill,

I'm still not entirely clear. Is it unreadable gobbledegook or are  
the letters correct but badly printed. When I say you could have  
the printer set to draft quality, that is a per document decision  
that you can make in the print dialog. MS Word, for instance, may  
be using its own print dialog and setting the printer to high  
quality, but when you use the OS X print dialog, you may have draft  
mode selected.


Cheers,
Carlo

Sent from my iPad

On 01/07/2011, at 17:57, Bill Parker  wrote:



Carlo The text is mostly unreadable, but NOT for MS Word and  
several other softwares.  So I think it is not the printer.

Bill
On 01/07/2011, at 5:49 PM, cm wrote:



Hi Bill,

Not sure I can help but what do you mean by poor quality? Is it  
that the text badly laid-out or is it that he individual letters  
are rough?


Could it be that you have your printer set to draft quality?

Cheers,
Carlo

On 2011-07-01, at 17:08, Bill Parker wrote:



I wonder if I have some settings wrong?   Whether using Adobe  
Acrobat 8 pro or Preview, I cannot print PDf text at anything  
like decent quality.  The printer is a Canon MX310.   Done a few  
miles  but all other softwares print fine.



Bill



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Re: PDF printing

[Merv Bond]

Bill
Recently I have received documents that are in say, Times New Roman, but 
the characters appear "ragged".
If I select all and then set the font to Times New Roman Regular all is 
well. This occurs when the original text is sent as Times New Roman 
postscript.

Give it a go.
Merv

On Fri1Jul2011 Fri1Jul6:18 PM, cm wrote:


Hi Bill,

I'm still not entirely clear. Is it unreadable gobbledegook or are the letters 
correct but badly printed. When I say you could have the printer set to draft 
quality, that is a per document decision that you can make in the print dialog. 
MS Word, for instance, may be using its own print dialog and setting the 
printer to high quality, but when you use the OS X print dialog, you may have 
draft mode selected.

Cheers,
Carlo

Sent from my iPad

On 01/07/2011, at 17:57, Bill Parker  wrote:



Carlo The text is mostly unreadable, but NOT for MS Word and several other 
softwares.  So I think it is not the printer.
Bill
On 01/07/2011, at 5:49 PM, cm wrote:



Hi Bill,

Not sure I can help but what do you mean by poor quality? Is it that the text 
badly laid-out or is it that he individual letters are rough?

Could it be that you have your printer set to draft quality?

Cheers,
Carlo

On 2011-07-01, at 17:08, Bill Parker wrote:



I wonder if I have some settings wrong?   Whether using Adobe Acrobat 8 pro or 
Preview, I cannot print PDf text at anything like decent quality.  The printer 
is a Canon MX310.   Done a few miles  but all other softwares print fine.


Bill



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Hi Bill,

It can vary from printer to printer, but to give you the example of my printer, 
if from Preview I select the menu option File > Print… the dialog that appears 
is the Print Dialog. To set the output quality to high one would proceed as 
follows:

1) If the dialog is small, press the down arrow near the printer's name to make 
the dialog larger and show all the options. 

2) About half way down the dialog is a drop down sitting on a horizontal line. 
Select "Print Settings" in this drop down.

3) A Resolution drop down now becomes visible. Select the highest number of 
dots-per-inch (dpi) available. Mine for instance has 1200 dpi.

The above steps can be different in minor details for different brands of 
printers, but you may be able to get the general idea from this and find the 
equivalent setting in your printer.

Cheers,
Carlo

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On 01/07/2011, at 18:40, Bill Parker  wrote:

> 
> Its very poor quality text. Its the real text but quite ragged and hard to 
> read.   I have not changed the printer and as I said, MS Word (for example) 
> prints fine, as do others.   I have access to another printer via Airport 
> (Epson) and that is fine with PDFs.
> 
> What is OSX print dialog and how do I check that?
> Bill
> 
> On 01/07/2011, at 6:18 PM, cm wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Hi Bill,
>> 
>> I'm still not entirely clear. Is it unreadable gobbledegook or are the 
>> letters correct but badly printed. When I say you could have the printer set 
>> to draft quality, that is a per document decision that you can make in the 
>> print dialog. MS Word, for instance, may be using its own print dialog and 
>> setting the printer to high quality, but when you use the OS X print dialog, 
>> you may have draft mode selected.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Carlo
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
>> 
>> On 01/07/2011, at 17:57, Bill Parker  wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Carlo The text is mostly unreadable, but NOT for MS Word and several other 
>>> softwares.  So I think it is not the printer.
>>> Bill
>>> On 01/07/2011, at 5:49 PM, cm wrote:
>>> 
 
 Hi Bill,
 
 Not sure I can help but what do you mean by poor quality? Is it that the 
 text badly laid-out or is it that he individual letters are rough?
 
 Could it be that you have your printer set to draft quality?
 
 Cheers,
 Carlo
 
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> I wonder if I have some settings wrong?   Whether using Adobe Acrobat 8 
> pro or Preview, I cannot print PDf text at anything like decent quality.  
> The printer is a Canon MX310.   Done a few miles  but all other softwares 
> print fine.
> 
> 
> Bill
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Its very poor quality text. Its the real text but quite ragged and  
hard to read.   I have not changed the printer and as I said, MS Word  
(for example) prints fine, as do others.   I have access to another  
printer via Airport (Epson) and that is fine with PDFs.


What is OSX print dialog and how do I check that?
Bill

On 01/07/2011, at 6:18 PM, cm wrote:



Hi Bill,

I'm still not entirely clear. Is it unreadable gobbledegook or are  
the letters correct but badly printed. When I say you could have the  
printer set to draft quality, that is a per document decision that  
you can make in the print dialog. MS Word, for instance, may be  
using its own print dialog and setting the printer to high quality,  
but when you use the OS X print dialog, you may have draft mode  
selected.


Cheers,
Carlo

Sent from my iPad

On 01/07/2011, at 17:57, Bill Parker  wrote:



Carlo The text is mostly unreadable, but NOT for MS Word and  
several other softwares.  So I think it is not the printer.

Bill
On 01/07/2011, at 5:49 PM, cm wrote:



Hi Bill,

Not sure I can help but what do you mean by poor quality? Is it  
that the text badly laid-out or is it that he individual letters  
are rough?


Could it be that you have your printer set to draft quality?

Cheers,
Carlo

On 2011-07-01, at 17:08, Bill Parker wrote:



I wonder if I have some settings wrong?   Whether using Adobe  
Acrobat 8 pro or Preview, I cannot print PDf text at anything  
like decent quality.  The printer is a Canon MX310.   Done a few  
miles  but all other softwares print fine.



Bill



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Hi Bill,

I'm still not entirely clear. Is it unreadable gobbledegook or are the letters 
correct but badly printed. When I say you could have the printer set to draft 
quality, that is a per document decision that you can make in the print dialog. 
MS Word, for instance, may be using its own print dialog and setting the 
printer to high quality, but when you use the OS X print dialog, you may have 
draft mode selected.

Cheers,
Carlo

Sent from my iPad

On 01/07/2011, at 17:57, Bill Parker  wrote:

> 
> Carlo The text is mostly unreadable, but NOT for MS Word and several other 
> softwares.  So I think it is not the printer.
> Bill
> On 01/07/2011, at 5:49 PM, cm wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Hi Bill,
>> 
>> Not sure I can help but what do you mean by poor quality? Is it that the 
>> text badly laid-out or is it that he individual letters are rough?
>> 
>> Could it be that you have your printer set to draft quality?
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Carlo
>> 
>> On 2011-07-01, at 17:08, Bill Parker wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> I wonder if I have some settings wrong?   Whether using Adobe Acrobat 8 pro 
>>> or Preview, I cannot print PDf text at anything like decent quality.  The 
>>> printer is a Canon MX310.   Done a few miles  but all other softwares print 
>>> fine.
>>> 
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>>> Bill
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That one says - "not supported"


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On 01/07/2011, at 5:49 PM, James / Hans Kunz wrote:


did you try this
start the print dialog, then in the dialog window bottom left there  
is a pdf button then save to pdf, that's it

never had a quality issue with it..
James

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I wonder if I have some settings wrong?   Whether using Adobe  
Acrobat 8 pro or Preview, I cannot print PDf text at anything like  
decent quality.  The printer is a Canon MX310.   Done a few miles   
but all other softwares print fine.



Bill



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Carlo The text is mostly unreadable, but NOT for MS Word and several  
other softwares.  So I think it is not the printer.

Bill
On 01/07/2011, at 5:49 PM, cm wrote:



Hi Bill,

Not sure I can help but what do you mean by poor quality? Is it that  
the text badly laid-out or is it that he individual letters are rough?


Could it be that you have your printer set to draft quality?

Cheers,
Carlo

On 2011-07-01, at 17:08, Bill Parker wrote:



I wonder if I have some settings wrong?   Whether using Adobe  
Acrobat 8 pro or Preview, I cannot print PDf text at anything like  
decent quality.  The printer is a Canon MX310.   Done a few miles   
but all other softwares print fine.



Bill



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did you try this
start the print dialog, then in the dialog window bottom left there is a pdf 
button then save to pdf, that's it
never had a quality issue with it..
James

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On 01/07/2011, at 5:08 PM, Bill Parker wrote:

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> I wonder if I have some settings wrong?   Whether using Adobe Acrobat 8 pro 
> or Preview, I cannot print PDf text at anything like decent quality.  The 
> printer is a Canon MX310.   Done a few miles  but all other softwares print 
> fine.
> 
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> Bill
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Hi Bill,

Not sure I can help but what do you mean by poor quality? Is it that the text 
badly laid-out or is it that he individual letters are rough?

Could it be that you have your printer set to draft quality?

Cheers,
Carlo

On 2011-07-01, at 17:08, Bill Parker wrote:

> 
> I wonder if I have some settings wrong?   Whether using Adobe Acrobat 8 pro 
> or Preview, I cannot print PDf text at anything like decent quality.  The 
> printer is a Canon MX310.   Done a few miles  but all other softwares print 
> fine.
> 
> 
> Bill
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