Im having trouble printing using the Rhino Pdf printer. When set to Vector, my linework/dimensions come out crisp but the raster image of the model is very low quality. I have tried chaning the resolution, but there is no improvement.
Is there another setting that I am missing?
Any suggestions on what the problem might be?
Hello - so far I don’t see that an image at 300 is cleaner than 600 pdf… can you possibly send us the file you are printing so that I can try to reproduce the problem here? ( delete anything in the file that is not part of the print, SaveAs with Save Small checked, then Zip and upload here: www.rhino3d.com/Upload to my (Pascal) attention.)
I believe Steve Baer is the PDF wizard. I’ve sent him some examples of the low quality prints at 600DPI. I agree 300DPI is crisper. Hopefully between the two sets of our sample files they can get it figured out soon.
What I am really asking here is how to make the same quality pdf as the jpeg print above. The Rhino PDF quality is very low compared to when I export as a jpeg. Please look at how much crisper the jpeg is compared to the PDF. I have this problem in every Rhino file. Not just this particular. The Rhino PDF image quality is very low.
I believe this is fixed in the upcoming 6.8 service release which should be available as an initial release candidate July 24. If you need an internal daily build of SR8 before next week, let me know and I’ll get you a link.
I have installed SR8 but the p[problem seems to persist. Text that is on the layout appears much clear than before, but the image quality for a Rhino PDF print is still poor.
Please see the attached examples showing the difference in Quality between Rhino Pdf, Adobe Pdf, and Image Writer
Below are the details of my system incase you need them, please let me know what you think
When I Zoom in on the three different PDFs, all I’m seeing different is the Adobe PDF is using a thinner line width.
What specifically is it about them that you see as “poor image quality”?
Are you looking at them on the screen?
Are you looking at prints on paper?
Its the fuzzines/pixellation around the line work that worries me. I am looking at these on my screen as I don’t currently have access to a printer, but the ones I sent originally were printed and you could see the difference in the print quality.
Hi @stevebaer, yes, they should. I’ve tried now to print the file using Rhino 6.7 and VisualARQ 2.2, and I get a vector PDF when using the “Rhino PDF” printer. Here is the file:
Its not nearly as good quality as yours. I am not sure what I am doing wrong!
Here is my system info:
Rhino 6 SR8 2018-7-30 (Rhino 6, 6.8.18211.21311, Git hash:master @ 985b963715ab119fd03be2906bf04f6ed821bf40)
Licence type: Commercial, build 2018-07-30
License details: Cloud Zoo. In use by: shirahockman ()
Windows 10.0 SR0.0 or greater (Physical RAM: 32Gb)
Machine name: SHIRA-PC
