topic Export to pdf using Arcpy.mapping results in poor-quality PDF in Python Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/export-to-pdf-using-arcpy-mapping-results-in-poor/m-p/654184#M50942 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Using the sample code for </SPAN><A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#/Creating_a_map_book_with_facing_pages/00s90000002p000000/">"Creating a map book with facing pages" </A><SPAN>, the resulting PDF output is very pixelated. No, I am not using any raster data in the source MXD, nor do any of the vector layers have transparency. I do have vector contour lines in the source MXD. I think because of the presence of the contours, arcpy is defaulting everything to 72 dpi. However, def PDFDocumentCreate does not seem to have any parameters that can control the output pdf quality. Is there a way that mass-production map books can be output to high-quality PDF's?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 13 Dec 2012 09:39:46 GMT ThomasColson 2012-12-13T09:39:46Z Export to pdf using Arcpy.mapping results in poor-quality PDF https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/export-to-pdf-using-arcpy-mapping-results-in-poor/m-p/654184#M50942 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Using the sample code for </SPAN><A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#/Creating_a_map_book_with_facing_pages/00s90000002p000000/">"Creating a map book with facing pages" </A><SPAN>, the resulting PDF output is very pixelated. No, I am not using any raster data in the source MXD, nor do any of the vector layers have transparency. I do have vector contour lines in the source MXD. I think because of the presence of the contours, arcpy is defaulting everything to 72 dpi. However, def PDFDocumentCreate does not seem to have any parameters that can control the output pdf quality. Is there a way that mass-production map books can be output to high-quality PDF's?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 13 Dec 2012 09:39:46 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/export-to-pdf-using-arcpy-mapping-results-in-poor/m-p/654184#M50942 ThomasColson 2012-12-13T09:39:46Z Re: Export to pdf using Arcpy.mapping results in poor-quality PDF https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/export-to-pdf-using-arcpy-mapping-results-in-poor/m-p/654185#M50943 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>The </SPAN><A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#/DataDrivenPages/00s300000030000000/">exportToPDF</A><SPAN> method of data driven pages is where you control these parameters.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 13 Dec 2012 12:17:42 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/export-to-pdf-using-arcpy-mapping-results-in-poor/m-p/654185#M50943 MathewCoyle 2012-12-13T12:17:42Z Re: Export to pdf using Arcpy.mapping results in poor-quality PDF https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/export-to-pdf-using-arcpy-mapping-results-in-poor/m-p/654186#M50944 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>PDFDocumentCreate is really intended for appending existing PDFs into it in order to generate multi-page documents.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>ExportToPDF can be found on the DataDrivenPages object as suggested above but it also is available as a root arcpy.mapping function (if you are not using DDP).</SPAN><BR /><BR /><A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/#/ExportToPDF/00s300000027000000/">http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/#/ExportToPDF/00s300000027000000/</A><BR /><BR /><SPAN>The {resolution} parameter allows you set set the DPI.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Jeff</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 14 Dec 2012 13:23:29 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/export-to-pdf-using-arcpy-mapping-results-in-poor/m-p/654186#M50944 JeffBarrette 2012-12-14T13:23:29Z