Print Quality [on hp 2100 sereis] ID-CS

[guava65]

New to InDesign CS.

I'm trying to print to a printer at my desk (HP2110) but the print quality for graphics is poor. I tried changing the print settings from "optimized" to "all" but got the same output.

How can I have my graphics print so they are not pixelated?.

Sorry if this is a repeat question, I didn't get any suitable results when doing a search.


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[jimoblak]

If you choose 'preflight' from the file menu, what errors (if any) appear?

The HP2110 is not a PostScript printer so that may be a cause for trouble - - but ID should print to regular PCL printers as well. Do you get better results by exporting a PDF and printing that file from Adobe Reader?

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[viol8ion]

What kind of graphics, and how where they placed in the document?

The best workflow has a few requirements:
1 - Use only TIF or EPS graphics, not JPG or GIF or Word metafiles, etc...
2 - use only File>Place to place graphics, not copy/paste.
3 - use images of a high enough resolution for the printer, if it is an inkjet, 150 DPI will suffice, for laser or press use 300DPI (1000 DPI for line drawings)
4 - Make sure you are not resizing the images in ID, especially making them larger, this will degrade the end product.

Hope this leads you in the right direction.

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