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PDF quality

PDF quality

PDF quality

(OP)
I am using ProE 2001.  I downloaded PDF 995 to create my PDF files, but the quality is really bad.  Parts of the drawing are black and other parts are light grey.  One letter in the note is black while the letter next to it is light grey and the letter next to that is half black and half light grey.  Lines are the same way.  Especially curves.  Part of the curve is  black and another part is light grey.  The PDFs will print fine and another person can view them fine. I can bring in a PDF that somebody else created from ProE without a problem.  If I create a PDF of a webpage, etc it looks good.  The problem seems to be in ProE on my computer.  Is there a setting in proE or on my computer that needs to be changed?

RE: PDF quality

(OP)
Thicker pen weights make the geometry look better on screen but print quality deteriorated because the lines are thicker and run together on the print.  Pen weight doesn't change the text.  I took a closer look and realized that the letters with only horizontal or vertical lines show up black. E,F,H,I,L.  A letter with slants or curves shows in light grey. A,B,C,D.
This looks like it might be a computer problem rather than a ProE problem.  Anybody experienced a similiar situation?

RE: PDF quality

Dan,

I've used 995 and adobe with a high degree of clarity.  Here are my config pen settings

pen1_line_weight 2.250
pen2_line_weight 1
pen3_line_weight 1
pen4_line_weight 1
pen5_line_weight 1
pen6_line_weight 1
pen7_line_weight 1
pen8_line_weight 1

Best Regards,

Heckler
Sr. Mechanical Engineer
SW2005 SP 5.0 & Pro/E 2001
Dell Precision 370
P4 3.6 GHz, 1GB RAM
XP Pro SP2.0
NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400
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RE: PDF quality

(OP)
Nope.  Thanks.

RE: PDF quality

I use Creator PDF and it works nice for me (is free, too)

-Hora

RE: PDF quality

Adobe distiller lets you set the resolution of the output file, anywhere from 72 to 4000 dots per inch.  I like 600 DPI for really crisp prints.  I don't use PDF995 so I can't say how to control it.  However, it should have something similar.

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