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Coco Walsh
Coco Walsh
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June 14, 2022
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Vector images are printing PIXELATED!?

  • June 14, 2022
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Please help!

 

I'm trying to print my vector lettering piece and the edges are pixelated. I hand drew this, then took a photo, image traced it, cleaned up some plot points and here we are (I prefer it looking imperfect).

 

I don't understand why it's happening and I'm beyond frustrated. It's happening every time I print. Unless the edges are completely straight, the curves are pixelated. I switched to a Mac Book Pro last year. I do not have Pixel Preview on. I am printing on a Canon Imageprograf Pro300 from the same size artboard as the paper in the printer.  

 

Please help!! I have to have this printed by today for 2 customers and it looks horrible!

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    Correct answer Jacob Bugge

    Coco,

     

    What happens if you Save a Copy as PDF, then open in Acrobot (or Reader) and print it from there?

     

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    Jacob Bugge
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    Jacob BuggeCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    June 14, 2022

    Coco,

     

    What happens if you Save a Copy as PDF, then open in Acrobot (or Reader) and print it from there?

     

      Coco Walsh
      Coco WalshAuthor
      Participant
      June 14, 2022

      It's sooo much better!! Thank you so much!

      Jacob Bugge
      Community Expert
      Jacob BuggeCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      June 14, 2022

      You are welcome, Coco.

       

      The name Canon Imageprograf Pro300 may imply that it has no PostScript printer driver, or that it is well hidden.

       

      If you can find one, you can probably print straight from the artwork without the roundabout PDF way.

       

       

       

      Coco Walsh
      Coco WalshAuthor
      Participant
      June 14, 2022

      I'm using Illustrator 26.0.1 if that helps. Not sure if that's the most recent one. I'm going to check on that now. 

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