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March 21, 2011
Question

Poor PDF export quality

  • March 21, 2011
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Hi,

Everytime I import something like a 300dpi cmyk or rgb logo and try to export the page they are on as PDF's, the logo's always look blurry on screen no matter what setting I use, even press quality. I have had this problem for years but now clients are complaining about this but I don't know how to fix this issue.

Anybody help?

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    Participant
    March 14, 2015

    I'm having the same issue.
    Has anyone solved this yet? :-)

    BobLevine
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    March 21, 2011

    The resolution is meaningless if someone faked it by simply adding a bunch of pixels to a screen capture. You'll need to post samples for us to look at along with versions InDesign, the PDF settings you're using and what you're viewing the PDFs in.

    Bob

    March 21, 2011

    Hi Bob,

    The logo's (etc) have been created by myself and I have been a professional graphic designer for over 20 years. Interpolation has not occurred. I am using InDesign CS5 and viewing the outputted PDF's in Adobe Acrobat Pro. I have tried every default setting that comes with InDesign CS5 when outputting the PDF's from InDesign.

    Not sure what you mean about posting samples, do you mean the logo?

    Thanks

    The resolution is meaningless if someone faked it by simply adding a  bunch of pixels to a screen capture. You'll need to post samples for us  to look at along with versions InDesign, the PDF settings you're using  and what you're viewing the PDFs in.

    ~graffiti
    Legend
    March 21, 2011

    What applications are your clients using to view your PDF's?

    If Reader or Acrobat, have they made sure that "smooth images" is checked of in the page display preferences?