topic Blurry PDF in ArcGIS Pro Questions

Blurry PDF

elterrell4 — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 17:25:13 GMT

Good morning -

When I export a pdf, it's blurry. JPEG seems to work just fine. It came on all of a sudden and never had this issue before with no changes made should have created this issue. Any ideas?

Re: Blurry PDF

RichardDaniels — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 17:27:28 GMT

probably defaulting to 97 dpi, try to set the output parameters with print to pdf vs. export/save to pdf.

Re: Blurry PDF

elterrell4 — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 17:33:08 GMT

It's default is 150 DPI. Would that make a difference?

Re: Blurry PDF

DavidPike — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 21:38:10 GMT

I'd ensure that 'Output as Image' and 'Compress vector graphics' are unchecked.

Adjust/increase the DPI settings also as Richard says. Unsure of the size of your layout, but a larger layout (page size) will generally require a larger DPI. 150 seems on the low side for something you would want to look nice.

Re: Blurry PDF

elterrell4 — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 22:16:19 GMT

OK, Output as Image and Compress vector graphics are unchecked. DPI on 200, paper size is 11x17. This is what I get.

Re: Blurry PDF

elterrell4 — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 22:17:20 GMT

I just looked at the upload I made and it's completely clear. Must be my adobe.

Re: Blurry PDF

RichardDaniels — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 00:02:10 GMT

just and FYI, adobe remembers your last settings. So if you use a Adobe driver 'outside of ArcGIS Pro' for printing those settings may carry over into ArcGIS Pro (or ArcMap).