Text Quality Loss (Fuzzy Text) when print PDF Created by InDesign CS4

[abx5]

I've tried to print directly from InDesign CS4 (Windows) and from PDF file that created by InDesign. The quality on the same printer shows different. The one I printed directly from InDesign look ok but I got a fuzzy text on the PDF file.

My Printer is Digital Duplicator Ricoh Priport - 400 dpi. So, it's one color. My Configuration Start from "Press Quality" and settings are as following:
- All Text is set to BLACK. (Not Registration)
- Edit -> Color Settings - "Emulate Adobe InDesign 2.0 CMS Off"

Print Booklet
Booklet Type: 2-up Saddle Stitch
Auto Adjust Margins: On
Top Margin: 0 mm
Bottom Margin: 0 mm
Left Margin: 0 mm
Right Margin: 0 mm
Space Between Pages: N/A
Creep: 0 mm
Bleed Between Pages: N/A
Signature Size: N/A
Print Blank Printer Spreads: Off

General
Copies: 1
Collate: Off
Reverse Order: Off
Pages: All
Sequence: All Pages
Spreads: Off
Print Master Pages: Off
Print Layers: Visible & Printable Layers
Print Non-printing Objects: Off
Print Blank Pages: Off
Print Visible Guides and Baseline Grids: Off

Setup
Paper Size: Custom
Paper Width: Auto
Paper Height: Auto
Page Orientation: Landscape
Paper Offset: 0 mm
Paper Gap: 0 mm
Transverse: Off
Scaling: 100%
Constrain Proportions: On
Page Position: Upper Left
Thumbnails: Off
Tiling: Off

Output
Color: Composite Gray
Text As Black: On
Trapping: Off
Flip: None
Negative: Off
Screening: Default
Simulate Overprint: Off
Frequency: 60
Angle: 45

Graphics
Send Data: Optimized Subsampling
Download: Complete
Download PPD Fonts: On
PostScript: Level 3
Data Format: ASCII

Color Management
Document Profile: U.S. Web Coated (SWOP) v2
Color Handling: Let InDesign Determine Colors
Printer Profile: Document CMYK - U.S. Web Coated (SWOP) v2
Preserve CMYK Numbers: On
Proof Profile: Document CMYK
Simulate Paper Color: On

Advanced
Print as Bitmap: Off
Bitmap Resolution: 300
OPI Image Replacement: Off
EPS: Off
PDF: Off
Bitmap Images: Off
Transparency Flattener Preset: [High Resolution]
Ignore Spread Overrides: Off


Is there anyway to convert to PDF and all text still printed clearly? (I need to use Print Booklet Feature.)


Thank you,

 

[MarcusStringer]

Have you tried printing to a Postscript file first, and then Distilling it?

Can you post a screen grab of what your trying to PDF?

It's not a placed image is it?

Marcus

http://www.midlandtypesetters.com.au

 

[apepp]

...fuzzy text from pdf may indicate the print settings in acrobat advanced options are set to "print as image"...

...have you looked there to see if this is on?

andrew

 

[abx5]

MarcusStringer, I'm not sure if I understand you correctly. When I tested to make sure it's a problem of Converted PDF, I just create a new page in InDesign. Fill the page with Characters. Then, print it directly from both InDesign and Converted PDF. So, there is no image at all. Also, I don't know how to print to Postscript file. (I believe my

apepp, About "Print as Image" in Acrobat that you said, I didn't check it when try to print. (I used both FoxIt Reader and Acrobat and no check for both of them.)

I just noticed that the character printed from PDF and InDesign are a bit different. The one from PDF is a bit fuzzy and a little smaller than InDesign. Is there anything relate to this problem?

Thank you,

 

[MarcusStringer]

Do you have another printer to send it too... just to rule out it's not the Ricoh.
Preferably a 600dpi PS Level three.

Please check you Press quality settings make sure they are set to the highest they can be:

i.e. Optimised for fast web display is turned OFF

Marcus

http://www.midlandtypesetters.com.au

 

[abx5]

MarcusStringer,


I don't have any PostScript Printer. However, I tested it with Laser Printer. (600 dpi) A print test shows that printing from InDesign is clearer, bolder and bigger than printing from converted PDF. (Press Quality, Composite Gray, Text as Black) However, no fuzzy text here. (So, I guess, fuzzy text only shows when printing with 400 dpi.)

I also wondering what's the different between "Composite Gray" vs "Composite CMYK"?


Thank you,