Print to PDF- Improve Quality

Is there a way to improve the quality of the standard print to PDF function? I wanted to save a web page as a PDF, and noticed that with a certain website when I print to PDF there is some streaking in the font. The file size is also very small, only 200k for a 2 page PDF. I do have Adobe Acrobat, but prefer to avoid it if I can.
Thanks,
Alexander

Can you provide an example of "streaking in the font"?

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