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I had the same problem after switching to Mathematica 10. The issue here is the following: Export uses Rasterize to create the png image. The StyleEnvironement, which is used in Rasterized, cannot be specified as an option but is given by the $FrontEnd object (not by the EvaluatingNotebook[]!). You can change the StyleEnvironement by SetOptions[$FrontEnd, ...

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I could not get it to work with $FrontEnd, but setting the ScreenStyleEnvironment on$FrontEndSession worked for me. Here text cells get two different backgrounds and font sizes, depending on the environment. ("Printout" is pink and large.) sseOpt = Options[$FrontEndSession, ScreenStyleEnvironment]; SetOptions[$FrontEndSession, ScreenStyleEnvironment ...

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To long for a comment, but looks great on "10.0 for Mac OS X x86 (64-bit) (June 29, 2014)" with AR, Preview and Skim. Shut-down and restart your system and try with an alternative viewer ... Edit @Jens response is fantastic, right? The procedure improves the resolution dramatically and even reduced the size. I was able to test both algorithms on iMac ...

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I see this problem too, and I found it is fixed in Skim and Preview by using this function: rasterTrick[plot_] := Show[plot, Prolog -> {Opacity[0], Texture[{{{0, 0, 0, 0}}}], VertexTextureCoordinates -> {{0, 0}, {1, 0}, {1, 1}}, Polygon[{{0, 0}, {.1, 0}, {.1, .1}}]}] Export["regionIBD_MatrixPlot1.pdf", mPlot // rasterTrick] The ...

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