printing out of illustrator

[juliams]

Hey i'm working on a design in illustrator, when i print it out of
illustrator the text is fuzzy and indistinct, although the graphics are printing fine..this just started happening recently.
...as a pdf it prints fine...
any ideas?

 

[apepp]

...is Print As Bitmap turned on or off?

If you use Illustrator for Windows, then change the Print As Bitmap setting in the Print dialog box. That is, if it's selected, then deselect it; if it's deselected, then select it.

To change the Bitmap Printing option, choose File > Print > Advanced and select or deselect Print As Bitmap.

If you disable Print as Bitmap in the Print dialog box, Illustrator uses Graphic Display Interface (GDI) information and the printer driver to create vector-based print data, which prints more quickly but may result in inconsistent printing to some devices.

andrew

 

[juliams]

thanks andrew, it was the bitmap turned on that created the fuzz.