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Text letters are not sharp. - 12/18/2007 8:03:52 PM   
jdh6798

 

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Status: offline 		I have printshop deluxe 20 and have laid out a greeting card from scratch following directions. However the text in my text box is NOT sharp like it should be. According to the package they use "PRO-PRINT technology" which is supposed to produce sharp clear lettering. Mine looks like what they show that it WON"T look like! This is visible both on the screen and when printed. Are there settings or adjustments that can or need to be made to have the sharpest lettering possible??

I hope you can help.
Thanks.

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RE: Text letters are not sharp. - 12/18/2007 8:41:53 PM   
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... the text in my text box is NOT sharp like it should be...both on the screen and when printed. Are there settings or adjustments that can or need to be made to have the sharpest lettering possible??

There definitely must be a print setting that needs to be changed because PS prints exceptionally well. I even use it to create documents and custom calendars for our store customers.

Have you looked at all your print settings under the print properties and advanced? Are you selecting high quality printing? Are you printing as truetype font or bitmap? Are you sure your ink cartridge is full, the nozzles are clean?

Easy test. Print some text from WordPad using the same printer settings you had when you printed from PS. How's it look? If it's not good, and you had it on best quality setting, then you know it is your printer or ink cartridge.

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RE: Text letters are not sharp. - 12/18/2007 8:49:20 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hi jdh6798,

Since you said the text in your text box is NOT sharp like it should be, I have to wonder if, maybe, the problem is that the font you are using is not designed to be sharp.

So, it might help a lot if you would tell us which font you are using when you see that the text is not sharp. And, please also tell us which size you have selected for the text.

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RE: Text letters are not sharp. - 12/18/2007 8:52:43 PM   
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Status: offline 		It is not my printer because I didn't print it. I copied it as a PDF and took it on a disk to a quick printer. The photo I put on it looks good and sharp but the lettering doesn't. And like I said you can see on the computer screen if you look close that the edges of the letters look strange. What about truetype vs bit map? I'm not familiar with this.
If you could elaborate on any items I should check given this situation I'd appreciate it.
By the way, thanks for your prompt response.

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RE: Text letters are not sharp. - 12/18/2007 8:57:46 PM   
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Status: offline 		The type font is Amery 18 pt colored . If I magnify it on the screen very large I can see step like irregularies.

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RE: Text letters are not sharp. - 12/18/2007 9:25:45 PM   
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...I didn't print it. I copied it as a PDF and took it on a disk to a quick printer.

That's your problem right there!! The PDF converted the text to IMAGE. Examine your PDF more closely and you will see that you cannot highlight and copy/paste the text into a word-processor.

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RE: Text letters are not sharp. - 12/18/2007 10:02:02 PM   
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The type font is Amery 18 pt colored . If I magnify it on the screen very large I can see step like irregularies.

Text on computer screens look jaggy when zoomed in. This has NOTHING to do with print quality. (unless you are looking at graphics that look like words, but are not true text because it cannot be copy/pasted into a word-processor.)

Screen resolution, typically 72 ppi or 96 ppi, is so low that the human eye can see the individual pixels. Curves display with step-like squares because they are made up of little square pixels. However, when the text is printed at high resolution, its curves are smooth.

See this circle? On screen, the curves are noticeably jaggy. However, if I create a circle in a drawing program such that it is a vector graphic, the circle will print perfectly smoothly, even though it displays like this.




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RE: Text letters are not sharp. - 12/18/2007 10:28:47 PM   
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...I copied it as a PDF and took it on a disk to a quick printer

It is unfortunate that the quick printer does not have PrintShop installed and that you must resort to a PDF. You could try again and make sure you choose the HIGHEST resolution available in the PDF settings. This will make the text be as sharp as it can be when it is converted to image. However, the file size will be enormous.

There are better PDF converters that embed the fonts into the file so that the text remains true text. However, I know of no free PDF convertor that can do this with PrintShop.



This is what I suggest to my customers who like to design their own cards, but can't convert to a PDF with embedded fonts:

Remove all text (but not text art) and save the graphics as high resolution TIF. Include a WordPad doc with the text you want on the card. Be aware that you should use a font that is installed at the quick printer, otherwise they will have to do a font substitution.

At the store, the associate will add your graphics and your text into the store's desktop publishing program to create your card. You will get excellent results. You pay more, but if you are doing 100 cards for a party, the cost is spread out.



Call around at different stores. It is possible that one of them does use a Broderbund desktop publishing program and hopefully their version is compatible with your version. Too bad you can't come to my store in Canada.

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