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Printing is unclear or fuzzy

by Intuit • Image Alt Text 2
Image Alt Text Updated 5/26/2026 00:10

If the lines on your invoices and other sales forms are not printing clearly, your print settings may be set to a low resolution. Increasing the resolution fixes this problem.

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Increase the resolution of your print settings

  • Open the sales form you want to print.

  • Select Print.

  • Once the preview screen opens, select the Printer icon.

  • Within the printer dialog box choose Properties.

  • Select Advanced. (It may be a button or a tab depending on the version of Windows you are using.)

  • Increase the resolution (for example, to 600 x 600).

  • If there is a Dithering option, select Fine.

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