Low Resolution Address Book Dock Icon

A friend of mine had managed to trash Address Book so I reinstalled it using "Optional Installs" from the iMac Mac OS X Install DVD.
Install was successful but when I add the Address Book icon to the dock it looks blurry and slightly pixelated. The Address Book icon in Finder is normal.

Roger,
Right click on the Applications Folder in the Dock, and select: Display as Folder.
;~)

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Max_R wrote:
Perfect, Thanks a lot for the information! It is really useful...
If my picture is 1,600 width x 1,200 height pixels and I want to print it on a 8,5"x11" paper, do you think it is feasible?
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