PDF Issues

[CADnewbie]

I am having a huge problem plotting from any version of AutoCAD (2011, 2012, and 2013 all produce the same problem) to Adobe Acrobat Pro X and DWG to PDF. Neither version is giving me crisp, clean images.

"Test_A_DWG to PDF.pdf" is the DWG to PDF that comes with AutoCAD.
"Test_B_Adobe.pdf" is the Adobe Acrobat Pro X software. Both are high-quality settings, 600 dpi (our minimum for quality maps).

In the "Test A" version you can see the banding on the solid transparency hatch and the "hairy" polylines on the thicker polylines. But in this version, the text is clear and crisp.

In the "Test B" version you can see that it isn't clear (this is 600dpi, high-quality print settings), the lines are faded/washed out. But in this verion, there is no "hair" on the polylines.

We are at our wits end with this. We found out that the 2010 version doesn't have any problems at all; it crops up in 2011, 2012, and 2013. We have it narrowed down in our thinking that it isn't an Adobe problem because we use the same driver for CorelDRAWX5 and Microsoft Office documents and have crisp, clear images/graphics and text from either one.

Has anyone else ran into this problem? And is there a fix or do we, reluctantly, need to contact AutoCAD tech support?

Thanks so much!

[RobDraw]

To eliminate Adobe, you clould try another PDF creating program like Cute PDF. It's free, simple, and works well.

[SLW210]

Have you actually plotted them?

I zoomed to 600% and "B" still had sharp looking text.

Can you post the actual file?

[f700es]

I thought "B" looked better as well.

[rkent]

"A" was the better of the two for me, "B" didn't look good at all.

I don't see any of the problems with "A" that you outline in your post.

[CADnewbie]

RobDraw, I tried CutePDF and still had the same issues.

[CADnewbie]

SLW210, they plot in an acceptable format, but most of our documents are reviewed online now, rather than in print.

[CADnewbie]

SLW210, f700es, and rkent, "B" is very pixelated at 600%. Let me post a wblock of the file I am having issues with.

[CADnewbie]

WBLOCK of DWG with PDF issues

[Blackfish]

A (DWG to PDF) - vector type image, sharp lines and text, which is selectable(!),
B (Adobe) - it's just a poor quality raster image, no selectable text.