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Fuzzy printing - 11/30/2015 10:10:49 AM    sayer   Posts: 2 Joined: 11/30/2015 Status: offline Long time user and very glad Print Shop is finally back up to speed! My problem is when placing text or photos in a project, the final print has not so crisp and clear text or imported photos in the finished product whether printing or viewing. How do I get the "cleared up"? Thanks Post #: 1

RE: Fuzzy printing - 11/30/2015 2:08:20 PM    JasonC   Posts: 1692 Joined: 12/14/2005 From: Hayward, CA Status: offline Not all projects will exhibit this behavior. What does the project look like when you export to PDF or JPG? _____________________________ Jason Carver Encore Sales Department and Customer Service www.encore.com For Tech Support, visit http://support.encore.com (in reply to sayer) Post #: 2

RE: Fuzzy printing - 11/30/2015 2:27:18 PM    sayer   Posts: 2 Joined: 11/30/2015 Status: offline PDF prints the same as Print Shop, fuzzy. The graphics I imported from Print Shop are nice but the photos I imported from my files and the text I put in are still fuzzy. I exported to JPEG and printed, it looks the best but cannot print duplex. Any ideas? Thanks! (in reply to sayer) Post #: 3

RE: Fuzzy printing - 11/30/2015 2:42:43 PM    ellengard Posts: 3253 Joined: 10/2/2006 Status: offline Fuzzy printing was my biggest problem in the earlier 3.0 - 3.5 versions. I'll do testing on various image formats, text, headlines, multiple PDF writers, etc. and post my results tonight. < Message edited by ellengard -- 11/30/2015 2:43:28 PM > (in reply to sayer) Post #: 4

RE: Fuzzy printing - 11/30/2015 10:06:03 PM    ellengard Posts: 3253 Joined: 10/2/2006 Status: offline To compare the printing from The Print Shop 4.0 against the printing from another program, I have chosen Serif PagePlus (which is available from Encore.com). My test shows that The Print Shop 4.0 isn't bad, but it is not quite as sharp as PagePlus. Notice the wisps of hair are sharper from PagePlus. Attachment (1) (in reply to ellengard) Post #: 5

RE: Fuzzy printing - 11/30/2015 10:36:34 PM    ellengard Posts: 3253 Joined: 10/2/2006 Status: offline The fuzzy printing in The Print Shop 4.0 (left side) is really noticeable, both for regular text and for Headline text. I'm surprised that the text is this bad. Although previous versions had fuzzy Headlines, the regular text had always printed sharp. This is not good. Attachment (1) (in reply to sayer) Post #: 6

RE: Fuzzy printing - 11/30/2015 10:56:35 PM    ellengard Posts: 3253 Joined: 10/2/2006 Status: offline The last thing I printed was a vector graphic, in this case, a filled circle. My past experience with an earlier version of The Print Shop was that it printed fuzzy raster images, but vector images were sharp. So it appears that v4.0 "rasterizes" vector drawings which reduces its sharpness when printed. Attachment (1) < Message edited by ellengard -- 11/30/2015 11:00:37 PM > (in reply to sayer) Post #: 7

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