[scribus] Strange: Printer prints low-res fonts alongside with graphics

Vladimir Savic vladimir.firefly.savic at gmail.com
Wed Nov 23 10:38:45 UTC 2016


What's your OS?

I'd avoid printing directly from Scribus. Export as pdf and print from a
PDF viewer app. The most reliable one is of course Adobe Reader, but it is
available for Windows and Mac OS only. It is free though.

Regards,
Vladimir

On Wed, Nov 23, 2016, 11:13 Rolf-Werner Eilert <eilert-sprachen at t-online.de>
wrote:

> Hm...
>
> Nobody here who has an idea?
>
> Am 22.11.2016 09:55, schrieb Rolf-Werner Eilert:
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > Maybe someone here can point me to the right direction.
> >
> > We got a new laser printer, color, a Utax P-C 3061 DN which is a
> > Kyocera derivate.
> >
> > Printing pages with pure text, the fonts are rendered perfectly clear.
> > Printing pages with graphics and text on them, the fonts look like
> > from a 1986 300dpi printer, i. e. with cut-away edges, glyphs
> > unfinished, pretty ugly. When printing color elements (even straight
> > boxes and some of the headlines in color, no actual pictures, just
> > color involved), the effect on black fonts appears even worse.
> >
> > I installed the original PPD for this printer.
> >
> > Where should I try to look: in the printer options or when making the
> > PDF?
> >
> > Maybe I can find a good advice here before spending hours trying to
> > find out... So, thanks for your insight!
> >
> > Regards
> > Rolf
> >
> >
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