print quality lost when printing to pdf
print quality lost when printing to pdf
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Hello, when I print from civil 3D to pdf i dont get same quality compared to when I print directy from CAD to printer, the lines became fainted. I use the same ctb to print both Pdf and printer. What do I have to do to maintain the same quality? as the client requested soft copy for reproduction.





RE: print quality lost when printing to pdf
RE: print quality lost when printing to pdf
If you're comparing on-screen it's an optical illusion. Zoom in and your print quality is the same. If you're using the Autodesk driver, make sure that you are still specifying the same .ctb file in the export process.
RE: print quality lost when printing to pdf
RE: print quality lost when printing to pdf
I see that going to the plot box -> properties -> Device and Document Settings Tab -> Custom Properties and change those DPI?
B+W Engineering and Design
Los Angeles Civil and Structural Engineering
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RE: print quality lost when printing to pdf
Don't think I've ever had a problem with vector entities plotting properly.
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RE: print quality lost when printing to pdf
THEN based on this clue, In other programs like WORD and a couple of others I use for page making when arranging extracted images of my 3D Renders, etc, I looked for the corresponding settings in those PRINT dialogs under ADVANCED tabs, and the like, and was able to achieve consistently acceptable results.
I don't know if this will help you, as I'm running 32-bit ACAD 2011, but maybe so. My PDF quality now appears on screen and at the printer within acceptable quality limits, and I get even better results when I shift to one of the 2 other PDF generators I use frequently.
Good luck, and post back here with results ?
Tks-
C. Fee
RE: print quality lost when printing to pdf
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RE: print quality lost when printing to pdf
When users print the entire project the lines on the drawings start to skew and the print quality gets progressively worse. Some lines are translucent instead of solid and artifacts start appearing. If they print just the offending page it prints fine.
I thought it was an Adobe issue but it still happens when I have 2012 and Adobe 9 installed. I tried setting to High print quality and it helps some but you can still see some skewing going on.
I'm looking for anything I can try to remedy this as it was working fine when we had 2009 installed.
RE: print quality lost when printing to pdf
I tried PDFill and still can not get good print outs. There are sections that go missing or are so light they are hard to see.
So far I have tried Exporting to PDF, printing to Adobe Pro 9 and 10, printing to PDFill.
RE: print quality lost when printing to pdf
RE: print quality lost when printing to pdf
I have one job in particular. If I print the whole thing to PDF, by page 11 there are lines missing and others have a shadow or silhouette. If I print the page alone, it is perfect.
Happens no matter what PDF printer I choose so I can only assume it's something in ACAD.
RE: print quality lost when printing to pdf
I've been using Acrobat 8 Pro & AutoCAD v2009. I have had many instances where, when I plot to PDF, sections of my Layout go missing. Yet, if I plot it again with the same settings everything is there.
Don't have any definite solution, but thought I'd add to the thread with my experience.
Ralph
Structures Consulting
Northeast USA