Photos blurry on iPhoto album

My iPhoto book has a bunch of pictures that printed out blurry. It looks as though the colour channels have split. The original pictures are not out of focus and were shot with at least a 5 MP camera (1248px x 936px and up). The scanned film shots were originally 1158px x 1704px. Some shots where the colour channels split have introduced new colours. Blue will have a rim of pink.
Anyone have thoughts on this? I have ordered two books prior to this (using the same cameras etc..) and they've turned out beautifully.
Kerry

Kerry:
Welcome to the Apple Discussions. Is it just a few or many that are doing this? What do those files look like when exported to the desktop and opened with Preview? That will tell us if it's a file issue or an iPhoto issue. If the file looks good in Preview then try rebuilding the library, launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys depressed and follow the instructions to rebuild the library. Select the first three options. If that doesn't fix the problem the try this:
1 - create a new library by launching iPhoto with the Option key depressed. When asked create a new library and give it a distinctive name.
2 - drag some of the folders (that contain the files are giving you problems) from the Originals folder of your original library into the open window of the new one.
3 - create a test book with those "problem" photos and see if it's working.

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