High resolution PDF export with plot transparency checked

diesellam — Thu, 13 Jul 2023 00:02:01 GMT

See attached.

The image on the left is with the plot transparency checked when I print as PDF. The one on the right is without the plot transparency.

As you can see, everything looks good except when you zoom in closely, the text doesn't look crisp but rather "jagged" or "pixelated" with the plot transparency checked. The text looks super crisp on the right without the plot transparency checked.

Is it because AutoCAD has to rasterize everything when the plot transparency checked?

Is there a way to make the text looks crisp WITH the plot transparency checked?

I was told the only way this can happen is to do it in Adobe Illustrator because it doesn't rasterize everything. Is that true?

Thanks.

Re: High resolution PDF export with plot transparency checked

Valentin_CAD — Fri, 14 Jul 2023 13:32:46 GMT

@diesellam ,

Test different PDF drivers within the plot dialog box.

Adobe PDF driver - This driver is known to have issues with the Autodesk software. If you cannot get a good quality plot using this driver you must try the out of box DWG to PDF driver. If the quality using the out of box driver is of good quality then this is an issue with Adobe not Autodesk.

In some cases it may be necessary to rebuild or add a new "DWG to PDF.pc3" driver to an AutoCAD-based software installation.

How to create a new "DWG to PDF.pc3" driver in AutoCAD

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