Photoshop help

[MrSmiles]

I'm using photoshop 6.0 and i'm making an ad for work


the problem is that when i print everything comes out fuzzy
the words and pictures arn't crisp and it looks bad


if i use sharpen it get's worse

[Kantham]

k.

EDIT: It's maybe because your printer sucks?

[AMMAGETSVM]

-check file resolution

-check print settings (low/hi res etc.)

-check printer

do not use sharpen. sharpen tends to kill the image a little.
if you ever need to use the filters, try "unsharp mask" instead.

[DaBeatard]

Make sure you are at atleast 300 dpi. I think that's standard for print ads.

[MrSmiles]

DaBeatard-it's 600 dpi

Kathan- i promise you, it's not the printer


I think it's the resolution
thanks

[Cap'n Beeb]

Did you turn on anti-aliasing for the text?

[Thrash123]

Why are you doing ads in Photoshop? Bad. Bad bad bad. Any text or vector-friendly stuff should be done in a vector program such as In Design, Illustrator, MultiAd Creator, etc.. Heck, even Inkscape should work (and, its free).

What is the medium for the ad? Newspaper? Magazine?