Mathtype Equations Do Not Render Nicely in iBooks Author

When you export iBooks docs to PDF, equations inserted with MathType (version 6c) appear pixelated or fuzzy (not sure of the proper term) in Preview. Any fix for that? Otherwise, I have to switch back to Pages to create course materials, and I'd rather not because iBooks author is pretty cool.
Gregory

Interesting. Especially puzzling too, since Pages '09 and iBooks Author (iBA) share what I assumed was the same composition engine. However, my MathType equations in a Pages '09 document that I export to PDF are crisp and clear, but my equations from iBA are fuzzy like yours. PLEASE report this to Apple (don't assume they'll read it here). Here's a link for that: http://www.apple.com/feedback/ibooks-author.html
I've tried several methods of producing the PDF from iBA:
Export > PDF > Best Quality
Print > PDF
Print > Save As Adobe PDF > High Quality Print (got an error on this one, saying Distiller wasn't properly installed)
Print > Save As Postscript
All of these methods (except the one that gave the error) produced fuzzy equations. I did find one method to produce crisp equations from iBA when exportint to PDF, and that is to not use the Insert MathType Equation command, and don't copy & paste from MathType into iBA -- use drag & drop. Problem with that method is that D&D produces an equation that in iBA is a floating equation that you'll have to place manually where you want it -- a huge pain.
I've attached a screen shot of my sample PDF. You can see which equations were drag & drop and which were inserted via the menu, or pasted.

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