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

[Rolf-Werner Eilert]

My OS is Linux. And I printed from a PDF, however not with AR but a 
simpler one. Will try AR later, there is an old version on my computer 
which I use whenever the other readers fail.

However, I'm not quite sure that this is the reason.

There are graphics on one page of the document, no graphics on the other 
page (but only colored headers and boxes filled with a background 
color). The fonts on the page with graphics look worse than those on the 
other. I guess this is not a matter of the PDF reader, but either a 
matter of Scribus making the PDF or a matter of printer options. My bet 
is printer, because the same document printed on one of the other 
non-color printers will look normally.

The same seems to happen in case of black-and-white printing: When a 
graphic (picture, foto) appears on the page, the fonts on the same page 
are printed "unsharp".

This happens on this printer only, it's the only color printer we have. 
The PPD offers a number of settings, and my hope was to find someone who 
could tell me "try this, then this" from own experience :)

Regards
Rolf


Am 23.11.2016 11:38, schrieb Vladimir Savic:
> 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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