So a while ago my girlfriend got a portfolio printed and it turned out like shit. She used 12 point times new roman for the body of the text but it ended up all pixelated. It was printed at office max on 11x14, cost over $40, and it sucked. We need some advice. This is done with power point, it’s a completely new lay out, the quality needs to be perfect.
What do we do and where do we go?
I may be wrong, but the issue is you’re printing from PowerPoint. It’s not going to be high res. But I’d call reprocraft on Delaware and they could probably tell you what’s best to do…
The resolution is probably too low, for print you have to use at least 300 dpi but I don’t know if you can change that in Power Point… I don’t use it.
I would print anything like that from Adobe Indesign.
When you get the format figured out, walmart can print this same size for much cheaper.
They do a nice job also.
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Adobe product FTW.
Powerpoint isn’t meant for high rez…it’s meant for shitty presentations that put people to sleep. 
Make sure to use 300 dpi, not 72 dpi which is meant for the web, not printing. Simply using different software won’t help unless you change the resolution but I would redesign with an Adobe product. 
Good Advice above. Using an Adobe Product to print…basically a resume would be essential. Also as mentioned, the only time dpi is not a factor is for the web, because it’s used only when utilizing inches (normally printing) so 300-600dpi would be a good idea. You probably want a glossy or semi glossy paper if it’s images, or a thicker stock paper if it’s poetry. If you have a good printer you might be able to do it from home.
Hm. I don’t know if that’s the problem. Many people format their research posters (and print) from power point.
It might be that the printer sucks.
If it’s pixelated, it’s an image quality or resolution problem.
And that font kinda sucks in the pic above, kinda hard to read.
I told her it was a formatting thing. I’ll see what kind of dpi it can be adjusted to. I had no idea how much was neccessary, thanks.
I told her to ask the people printing it and make sure the file will be adequate for good quality but she waited till the last minute and didn’t know what she was doing. This time she wants it done right.
pretty much everything above. minimum of 300dpi for printing. 600dpi for glossy. also, when you’re using cheap printers like office max or kinkos, PDF’s are generally a much safer file format. however, they should be produced in InDesign/Adobe product or Quark.
and while it might sound obvious, all the images she put into the powerpoint need to have been scanned in at 300dpi as well.
Good call, I forgot to add that! If they aren’t, the images will still be stretched and pixelated.