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Subject:Re: Fuzzy screen capts. in PDF From:David Knopf <david -at- KNOPF -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 26 Feb 1998 11:19:40 -0800
Beth Kane wrote:
> My manager just created a PDF file and wound up with most -- not all
> -- of her screen captures looking fuzzy (both on-screen and in
> printouts). We've never had this happen before.
>
> The captures were all TIFFs (converted from BMPs using HiJaak 95) that
> were copied into Frame-for-the-Mac files. They weren't fuzzy-looking
> in the Frame files.
> Does anyone have any clues to help us fix this?
Beth,
Check to see if you have "downsampling" enabled in Acrobat Distiller. If so,
disable it.
-- David Knopf
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