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If I have an InDesign Vector Element (Box or Type) with a drop shadow effect, that is not interacting with an image, I am getting 150dpi or under image created for the shadow when flattened (I am exporting a PDF1.3 out of InDesign for the flattening). This is not consistent at all, one machine will do it at 300dpi, so there is definitely a setting. We have tried all the usual suspects, Flattening Settings, Spread Overrides, Export Settings, etc, but we cannot find the control. If an image is put in, which interacts with the shadow, the resulting image from flattening will match the image resolution. Has anyone else seen this issue?
Thank You
Michael Connelly
Imtech Graphics
Director of Premedia

Went through all the settings, including this and they match. Even tried creating another Flattener Preset increasing the Line Art and Text Resolution and the Gradient and Mesh Resolution, and still got the same results.

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