pdf print comes out fuzzy :(

[j_polo9]

hmm i have a sheet in illustrator that looks clean, but when i save it as a pdf it looks fuzzy and prints extremely fuzzy. Also when printed the page doesn't look aligned dead center. Anyone have some tips?

here is the illustrator and pdf:

www.norcaldesigns.com/jesse/brandImage.pdf (http://www.norcaldesigns.com/jesse/brandImage.pdf)
www.norcaldesigns.com/jesse/brandImage.ai (http://www.norcaldesigns.com/jesse/brandImage.ai)

thanks,
-Jesse

[simplistik]

well your center is fine LoL. but the pdf displays fine for me. in your preferences there is a smoothing option check smooth text, smooth line art, and smooth images.

[j_polo9]

yea its centerred on illustrator but when i printed it it was a bit off. Also i made the doc in photoshop so can't check any of those preferences :S

[j_polo9]

oh i think its because the image size is exactly the size of a page but the printer can't print that size so it scales the image down to fit in the printable area, any ideas wht i should do?

also i think its because it is set at 300 dpi but for like 2inches i didn't know you had to have the image size at like 2500 to print correctly.

[simplistik]

Umm... well if you're doing it in Photoshop... which is weird, that you had it in the .ai file... I didn't open that. But in the PDF it was centered. But anywho...in photoshop you should be able to do a print w/ preview, and it will give you options to center it on paper. dpi doesn't matter for positioning.

[.soulty]

try saving to pdf from illustrator?

// save as .. change the file format to pdf.. //

[j_polo9]

thats how i made the pdf. But i changed the size in photoshop so the dpi would be 300 at 8.5 inches or whatever and its not fuzzy now. I didn't know you were supposed to work at that size for print work. thanks for the advice thou- Jesse.