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Text is pixelated only when I print

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March 13, 2017
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I am a novice to illustrator, so I'm not real knowledgeable . I am making a wedding program for a friend and when I print the program the smaller font - Bellucci - is pixelated. It does not look pixelated on the screen. It is only pixelated when I print it. Is there anything I can do to correct this problem? I've saved it as ai file and as a pdf and both look pixelated when I print them.

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lindadvs77Author

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I'm printing it with an Epson WF 4630. I'm using the highest quality offered when printing. The color is gray with no effects. I tried two different font sizes. 12 pt and 19pt. The bigger one is a little better. I believe I have the latest version of illustrator. This is the release date 2015.3.0 release.

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JJLAPIN

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You could also try outlining your type before printing. Select all, Create Outlines.

Be Sure to save this file with a different name in case you need to make alts to the original.

Monika Gause

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JJLAPIN schrieb
You could also try outlining your type before printing. Select all, Create Outlines.

If printing from PDF (through Acrobat) does not help, then this won't help either.

We need to see what "pixelated" actually means.

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lindadvs77Author

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This is my first time on the forum. How do I upload something?

Larry G. Schneider

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Take a screenshot of your file and use the 7th icon from the left in the Reply dialog menu bar. A JPG or a PNG will be best.

Eternal Warrior

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Also what resolution are you printing at? Is the text rasterised or embedded? We need more details.

Monika Gause

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Please show a photo of the print. "Pixelated" can be anything and maybe the term is even wrong.

Also: which printer is this? Which system? Which version of Illustrator? Which color is applied to the text? Any effects? How large do you print this?

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lindadvs77Author

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I'm printing it with an Epson WF 4630. I'm using the highest quality offered when printing. The color is gray with no effects. I tried two different font sizes. 12 pt and 19pt. The bigger one is a little better. I believe I have the latest version of illustrator. This is the release date 2015.3.0 release.

Monika Gause

Community Expert

This is not pixelaisation. This is rasterization. You get this because your text is gray. And of course it looks a little better with larger text.

Make your text black and it will be much better.

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