Poor quality printing from reader

I am getting poor quality printing from adobe reader.
I tried 3 different PC with the same printer (windows 7 - Epson xp 600)
DOC XLS JPG and all other files are excellent on the printer.
I tried almost all the configurations on the properties of the printer and adobe
I don't know what else to do to get my printing correctly.
Please HELP MEEEEEEEE
Thanks a lot for your time.

What is your Reader version?
What exactly means "poor quality"?
Have you tried Print as Image?

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