topic ARCGIS Explorer Prints Blurry in ArcGIS Explorer Desktop Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-explorer-desktop-questions/arcgis-explorer-prints-blurry/m-p/53170#M310 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><SPAN style="font-family: arial, helvetica, 'helvetica neue', verdana, sans-serif;">I have a large scale map in ArcGIS Explorer Desktop made from shape files. The map covers an area of 250 km x 250 km. When I print the map to E size paper (34"x44"), the lines are blurry. A similar map printed in ArcGIS 10 does not seem to have the same issue. How can I get a crisp, clean copy?</SPAN></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 02 Sep 2014 14:08:09 GMT RandySnow 2014-09-02T14:08:09Z ARCGIS Explorer Prints Blurry https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-explorer-desktop-questions/arcgis-explorer-prints-blurry/m-p/53170#M310 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><SPAN style="font-family: arial, helvetica, 'helvetica neue', verdana, sans-serif;">I have a large scale map in ArcGIS Explorer Desktop made from shape files. The map covers an area of 250 km x 250 km. When I print the map to E size paper (34"x44"), the lines are blurry. A similar map printed in ArcGIS 10 does not seem to have the same issue. How can I get a crisp, clean copy?</SPAN></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 02 Sep 2014 14:08:09 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-explorer-desktop-questions/arcgis-explorer-prints-blurry/m-p/53170#M310 RandySnow 2014-09-02T14:08:09Z Re: ARCGIS Explorer Prints Blurry https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-explorer-desktop-questions/arcgis-explorer-prints-blurry/m-p/53171#M311 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P style="font-family: arial, helvetica, 'helvetica neue', verdana, sans-serif;">Randy,</P><P></P><P style="font-family: arial, helvetica, 'helvetica neue', verdana, sans-serif;">In basic terms ArcGIS Explorer Desktop prints a screen shot.&nbsp; It's a raster image that gets scaled and sent to the printer, so it is not possible to print crisp feature data as neat as ArcMap with ArcGIS Explorer Desktop.</P><P></P><P style="font-family: arial, helvetica, 'helvetica neue', verdana, sans-serif;">Mark</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 02 Sep 2014 20:13:16 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-explorer-desktop-questions/arcgis-explorer-prints-blurry/m-p/53171#M311 MarkBockenhauer 2014-09-02T20:13:16Z Re: ARCGIS Explorer Prints Blurry https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-explorer-desktop-questions/arcgis-explorer-prints-blurry/m-p/53172#M312 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hopefully better printing can be added in the future. Poor print quality limits the usefulness of Arc Explorer as a content distribution tool.</P><P></P><P>Thanks,</P><P>Randy</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 02 Sep 2014 21:52:27 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-explorer-desktop-questions/arcgis-explorer-prints-blurry/m-p/53172#M312 RandySnow 2014-09-02T21:52:27Z