MACROMEDIA FREEHAND 10-USING FREEHAND Use Manual page 458

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Verify that you are using the recommended version of the printer driver for
your printer.
If TrueType fonts print incorrectly, a PostScript font with the same name may be
installed in the printer.
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When you print a document containing a TrueType font to a printer
containing a PostScript font with exactly the same name, the printer uses the
PostScript version.
To avoid this problem, use the same version of the font on your computer that
is installed in the printer.
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In Windows, another type manager may be substituting a font; you should
disable all other type managers.
Click the Start button and choose Settings > Printers. Highlight the selected
output device, choose File > Properties, and click the Font tab to choose how to
override the Windows font substitution table.
Banding can occur when printing imported bitmap images, blends, and
gradient fills.
To smooth a color transition, increase the printer resolution and decrease
screen ruling; refer to the smoothness formulas that follow.
To print blends and gradient fills without banding, follow these guidelines:
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For imported bitmap images, resize them automatically in increments based
on the selected printer's resolution by pressing Shift+Alt (Windows) or
Shift+Option (Macintosh) while dragging the image's corner handle.
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For a PostScript Level 2 output device, use a blend instead of a Gradient fill and
specify the appropriate number of steps indicated by the N=(P/R)
formula (see "Smoothness formula for banding" on page 459).
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For a blend, before creating the blend, specify the resolution of the final output
device or specify blend steps in the Object inspector. (Switching to a different
output device or changing the printer resolution value doesn't change the
number of tints in the blend.)
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smoothness