How to improve pdf export/print resolution?

I'm getting very poor pdf resolution even at "best" setting in an export from Pages '09; it looks to be exactly the same low quality as you get with Print>pdf. Has anyone else had this problem, or even better, found a solution? I did reduce the file size of images in the Pages file and am wondering if maybe Pages has reduced the resolution of the whole document. It looks like it is about 72dpi which is, of course, awful! Help, please!

Thanks, I ran that search and 120 or so posts later I'm still not sure. (I know, the answer is in #121...) No matter, I do have a way to retain resolution from large Pages files : Pages>Export as Best PDF>Open PDF in Preview>Save As Photoshop>Open in Photoshop>Save As PDF seems to keep resolution but shrink filesize by about 90% for me, so that's good. I think my mistake here was assuming that shrinking the Pages doc would only reduce image resolution, but I think it has reduced the resolution of the whole file including text, as you've said, which is the problem I'm having. Well, you live and learn. Back to the drawing board, unless someone else has a suggestion!

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