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Inspiring
July 6, 2020
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LOW QUALITY OF ADOBE PDF READER vs OTHER VIEWS

  • July 6, 2020
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I have noticed for over a decade that Adobe PDF viewer has a much lower quality than other views, also my clients have complained, so I advise them to use a different viewer, is there a fix to improve the Adobe PDF viewer , see attached snapshot for example of quality difference.

Note the low quality of the fill, and also the low quality of the vertor lines which look choppy.

 
 
 
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Correct answer aryeh leibk43747060

My dear wife has found the sollution after all these years!

CNTR+K to get to settings DISPLAY>RENDERING, and make sure SMOOTH IMAGES is checked!

 

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Participant
March 11, 2022

Never, ever, rely on Adobe pdf viwer !!!

I was almost about to be fired because of the inconsistincies related to acrobat viewer's version changes. It was around 10 years ago, a client's signature in document disapeared after a year. The reason was Acrobat version update during that time.

 

Even if I was not fired because of that, I was definetely was going to hang myself

if I could not find the underlying main reason in google after a 5 hours search on google in an international airport.

 

The main message of this long story is, keep away from Acrobat, if you want to be alive in this wild capitalist environment.

 

I am not even telling the story that I just experienced today.

 

Be smart, keep safe, be alive

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I have noticed for over a decade that Adobe PDF viewer has a much lower quality than other views, also my clients have complained, so I advise them to use a different viewer, is there a fix to improve the Adobe PDF viewer , see attached snapshot for example of quality difference.

Note the low quality of the fill, and also the low quality of the vertor lines which look choppy.

 
 
 

By @aryeh leibk43747060


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aryeh leibk43747060AuthorCorrect answer
Inspiring
November 11, 2023

My dear wife has found the sollution after all these years!

CNTR+K to get to settings DISPLAY>RENDERING, and make sure SMOOTH IMAGES is checked!

 
try67
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Community Expert
July 6, 2020

Please share a sample PDF file, and explain in detail how you're creating it, and using what settings.

Inspiring
July 6, 2020

I have included an example as a photo also as an attachment.

WRT creating a pdf, I usually get the worst results when ceating from CorelDraw as the image attached will indicate.

Settings-I have tried all possible settings, and several pdf creators.

I can't upload pdfs, but if you want to see it in pdf format here is the link:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oB-PfMsu4Ki6U3UTN-XJ4ods8vJKivDT/view?usp=sharing

Bevi Chagnon - PubCom.com
Legend
July 6, 2020

I'm asking in order to understand how the file is created, not how it is viewed. From the file preferences it seems you do not have Acrobat (or are not using it). I suggest you get it and use it to create your files. You will probably get better and more consistent results.


Thanks for the PDF!

Can see from File / Properties that you're making a "Print-to-PDF" PDF, which essentially deadens the graphical and text objects and converts them to rasterirzed "dots" just as if it was printed on you laser/inkjet printer.

 

Telltale signs:

  • PostScript DLL
  • The Producer is an off-brand freebie PDF making utility. (It uses the 1983-85 Apple Imagewriter engine...Yeowza! 35-year-old technology!)
  • And the clearness of the hatching changes with enlargement of the PDF.

 

 

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