Fonts looking pixelated

I use my Photoshop Elements 10 for most of my design work. Just recently all my words are looking pixelated when I print the projects. I normally save them in jpeg at the maximum quality and print from there. What is causing this?

Have you somehow turned off antialiasing? Check the options bar.

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