Erich Dollansky wrote: > Hi, > > Michael Eager wrote: > >>When I generate a PDF from Scribus, the resulting file is large. >>Only the heading fonts are embedded and the text is compressed. >>The PDF is more than 2 times the size of the Scribus file and > > > this sounds normal to me. > > >>opens slowly in Acroread. Printing from Acroread is very slow >>and frequently fails to print (I think that the printer runs >>out of memory). > > > Is it a postscript printer?
Yes. >>If I turn off text compression, the size of the PDF is >>much larger, about 25 times the size of the Scribus file. >> >>Any suggestions on what causes this or how to correct >>these problems? >> > > Scribus generates very large PDFs to make sure that every detail is as > expected. It seems extraordinarily large. It's a distinct disadvantage compared to files generated by other programs. Documents which take a long time to download or print are less desirable. Documents which don't print are even less desirable. :-) -- Michael Eager eager at eagercon.com 1960 Park Blvd., Palo Alto, CA 94306 650-325-8077
