Print Accuracy - Blurring Defects and Poor Results

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@Meat5000

I did notice that anything I imported to GIMP became blurred even if it was not apparent in other viewing softwares. GIMP itself was adding the blurred edges.

This is because, at it’s core GIMP is a bitmap graphics program. In order for vector graphics to “fit” into the internal data model of GIMP it must be rasterized into a bitmap. This is simply a case of the wrong tool being used.

@Meat5000

The quickest solution to the problem is simply to not use PDFs at all and regard them as being insufficient for this task.

I think the issue is PDFs aren’t really designed for being easily editable. The PDF format is primarily targeted as being an output format, not an intermediary format. They provide for a lot of shortcuts for the sake of streamlined viewing reproduction that structures to make it easy to edit are (or can be) lost. If you want an intermediary format, SVG (as you have discovered) is a better fit.