How can I export maps at high resolution?

LouiseShirley

Hello, I am trying to export a map from ArcMap at high resolution (suitable for printing at large scale for an exhibition). I have tried the steps outlined here: Exporting your map—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop  (under "Rasterization") but with no luck.

Whatever I (supposedly) set the DPI to, the maps come out rather low quality.
Thank you!

JimCousins

Is your map created at the final printing size, or are you creating a map at a smaller size and then attempting to scale it up?

If you create a PDF, you can scale up without issue, whereas a tif or other image format does not scale up well. 

Or are you saying that your map exported at 1:1 scale is of poor resolution?

Regards,

Jim