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Title: Blurry text when printing in color from Scribus or PDF
Post by: autominus on March 21, 2025, 02:05:26 PM
Hello to all and thank you in advance for your time!

I am experiencing a problem when printing in color, because the text appears blurry. However, when I print in grayscale, the text is sharp and clear. Additionally, I've observed that the black color does not print as a true 100% black when using color settings. This problem persists whether I print directly from Scribus or from an exported PDF.

(https://i.ibb.co/mrpCVwYX/Scribus-Color-Greyscale.png) (https://ibb.co/XfHZrgd3)

How can I resolve this issue?

I am using a standard laser printer and Scribus 1.6.3.


(https://i.ibb.co/TM9dS30T/IMG20250321134110.jpg) (https://ibb.co/TM9dS30T)
Title: Re: Blurry text when printing in color from Scribus or PDF
Post by: Nermander on March 21, 2025, 03:49:38 PM
That is most likely a printer issue, the printer is not printing with black only in color mode, but are including the other colors (to create a "rich black").

I would check the settings of the printer to see if there is a setting to print black with only black (not rich black).

You may need to look under Advanced settings or something like that.
Title: Re: Blurry text when printing in color from Scribus or PDF
Post by: AdmFubar on March 21, 2025, 07:08:04 PM
That is a bit more than a standard laser printer. You are using a business class print center. There are extensive settings for these, depending on the features. I have printed from scribus to a Konica-Minolta system, and the driver for it has many settings. Sounds like  you are printing color, but not 4 color, check the printer driver for options.
Let us know what models exactly if you cant find a solution, we can check over the manual  and might be able to find what you need to change.
Title: Re: Blurry text when printing in color from Scribus or PDF
Post by: autominus on March 21, 2025, 08:18:48 PM
I have been working on this issue, and it prints perfectly on my small HP inkjet printer. The Ricoh MPC2503 printer works as a network printer and utilizes the PCL6 V4 driver for Universal Print in Windows 11, which appears to be the source of the issue.
Title: Re: Blurry text when printing in color from Scribus or PDF
Post by: AdmFubar on May 03, 2025, 04:14:20 AM
any other program have issue printing in color for you?

see if you can find anything in the printer setting that might make it print in a lower resolution, like a "draft" or "toner save" mode. I thinking that might have inadvertently been set for color printing.

I did find a "conserve toner" mode that prints in black and white only. is the low quality printing limited to text only? do photos and graphics print ok?