Digital vs printed rendering of TikZ pictures

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This may be related to printers setup and/or flattening options of pdf files (I have no clue about) so I might be off topic but I would need advice/guidelines on the following problem.

Here is my TikZ picture with dots on the pdf.

Once printed, the dots are replaced with straight lines.

I \includegraphics the pdf of the following standalone TikZ.
I don't this it has to do with my diagram itself but in case

\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}

\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}[font=\sffamily,
level distance=1cm,
        level 1/.style={sibling distance=2cm},
        level 2/.style={sibling distance=3.0cm},
        level 3/.style={sibling distance=3cm},
        level 4/.style={sibling distance=1.5cm},                
    ]
    \node (cash) {Cash} 
    child { node {Term}
        child { node (future) {Futures}}            
        child { node[top color=red,bottom color=red,rounded corners,minimum height = 0.7cm,text=white] (forward) {Forwards}
            child { node {Bonds}
                child { node {Fix}}
                child { node {Floating}}
            }
            child { node {Swaps}
                child { node {IRS}}
                child { node {TRS}}
            }
            child { node (options){Options}
                child { node (vanillas) {Vanillas}}
                child { node (exotics) {Exotics}}
            }
        }       
    }   ;
    
    \draw[latex-latex, dotted] (forward.west) -- (future.east) ;
    \draw[latex-latex, dotted] (forward.north) -- (cash.east) ;
    \draw[latex-latex, dotted] (future.north) -- (cash.west) ;
    \draw[latex-latex, dotted] (options.north) -- (cash.east) ;
    \draw[-latex, dotted] (vanillas.south) to [bend right] (exotics.south) ;

\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

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It compiles in TeXShop(fully updated) using MacTeX(fully updated) and prints on Brother HL2250DN printer directly from mac(fully updated) preview.

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The code adds some completely useless invisible (or rather white) stuff. The lines

\clip(0pt,403pt) -- (389.957pt,403pt) -- (389.957pt,99.6166pt) -- (0pt,99.6166pt) -- (0pt,403pt);
\color[rgb]{1,1,1}
\fill(3.76406pt,399.236pt) -- (380.923pt,399.236pt) -- (380.923pt,253.19pt) -- (3.76406pt,253.19pt) -- (3.76406pt,399.236pt);
\fill(53.4497pt,394.719pt) -- (374.901pt,394.719pt) -- (374.901pt,289.325pt) -- (53.4497pt,289.325pt) -- (53.4497pt,394.719pt);

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Near the end of the first scope,

\color[rgb]{1,1,1}
\fill(3.76406pt,249.426pt) -- (386.193pt,249.426pt) -- (386.193pt,103.381pt) -- (3.76406pt,103.381pt) -- (3.76406pt,249.426pt);

does the same. Additionally (near the end of the second scope),

\pgftext[center, base, at={\pgfpoint{220.95pt}{106.392pt}}]{\sffamily\fontsize{9}{0}\selectfont{\textbf{ }}}

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I don't really get the question so I hope this is what you wanted. If you include a full document (such that we copy paste and see the problem on our systems) things are much more easier.

Here, you can change the default setting within a scope but your block style had a node distance which was resetting every time it is issued. I've made it 2mm such that we can see the difference easier.

\documentclass[tikz]{standalone}
\usetikzlibrary{arrows,shapes.geometric,positioning}

\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}[decision/.style={diamond, draw, text width=4.5em, text badly centered, node distance=3.5cm, inner sep=0pt},
                    block/.style   ={rectangle, draw, text width=6em, text centered, rounded corners, minimum height=4em, minimum height=2em},
                    cloud/.style   ={draw, ellipse, minimum height=2em},
                    line/.style    ={draw,-latex'},
                    node distance = 1cm, 
                    auto]
    \node [block] (1st) {1st};
    \node [block, right= of 1st]  (2nd1) {2nd1};
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    \node [block, above= of 2nd1] (2nd2) {2nd2};
    \node [block, below= of 2nd1] (2nd3) {2nd3};
    \node [block, right= of 2nd1] (3rd1) {3rd1};
    \node [block, above= of 3rd1] (3rd2) {3rd2};
    \node [block, above= of 3rd2] (3rd3) {3rd3};
\end{scope}
    \node [block, below= of 3rd1] (3rd4) {3rd4};
    \node [block, below= of 3rd4] (3rd5) {3rd5};

    \path [line] (1st) -- (2nd1);
    \path [line] (2nd1) -- (2nd2);
    \path [line] (2nd1) -- (2nd3);
    \path [line] (2nd2) -- (3rd3);
    \path [line] (2nd1) -- (3rd1);
    \path [line] (1st) -- (2nd1);
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

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