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Christine_R_
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April 3, 2013
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TIFFs get fuzzy when printing to PDF

  • April 3, 2013
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Hello, I have a framemaker file with imported TIFF images in it; when i print either the TIFFs alone or the Framemaker document, everything looks amazing. But when i convert to PDF, the images become fuzzy. I have my conversion settings for Press Quality, im not sure what the problem could be.

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    Matt-Tech Comm Tools
    Matt-Tech Comm Tools
    Community Expert
    April 3, 2013

    Even Press Quality will resample and compress your images.

    When in the printing industry, I created a Job Options that turned compression and downsampling off, since they both impacted the final quality of the printed product.

    Another possibility: Your images may not be an appropriate resolution for your final print size. A commonly-used yardstick is to divide the number of pixels across by 300 to determine a "maximum" print size for the image.

    -Matt

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    Christine_R_Author
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    April 3, 2013

    I turned off the compression and downsampling and it worked!! It looks amazing on screen and in my print-out....will it definitely look the same once it goes to press? [i have never adjusted those settings before so i am a little worried that it might look great to me now but once it goes to the printer, the images might get wonky]

    Matt-Tech Comm Tools
    Matt-Tech Comm Tools
    Community Expert
    April 3, 2013

    If your images are CMYK, and are at least 300ppi on printout (technically, 2.7 * printer linescreen is what we used in comm printing) then you should be great.

    -Matt SullivanFrameMaker Course Creator, Author, Trainer, Consultant
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