Quality of "Reflection effect" Seriously Degrades in PDF Format

Hey guys,
Very simple question: Is it possible to adjust the quality of the reflection effect when exporting or saving as a PDF file? The reflection effect looks great when you view it in the Pages app, but I want it to look just as good in PDF format. Here are some screenshots for comparision:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6405356/in_pages_reflection.png
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6405356/pdf-reflection.png
Thanks,
Andrew
P.S. I am using Pages 4.1 on OS X 10.7.2

The filter apply when you trigger the menu
File > Print > PDF > Filter
It's the way to create a PDF whose transparencies aren't 72 dpi but 300 dpi.
The result is a PDF file :
Here it's really small because I just typed AZERTY in the document.
Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) mercredi 1 février 2012
iMac 21”5, i7, 2.8 GHz, 12 Gbytes, 1 Tbytes, mac OS X 10.6.8 and 10.7.2
My Box account is : http://www.box.com/s/00qnssoyeq2xvc22ra4k

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