Erich Dollansky wrote: > Hi, > > Michael Eager wrote: > >>Erich Dollansky wrote: >> >>>Michael Eager wrote: >>> >>> >>>>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. > > > does the driver know of the memory size the printer actually has?
The Acroread print screen has a option which says "save printer memory", so I assume that the driver does know, but I can't verify this. It doesn't seem to make any difference. > >>>>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. :-) > > > You can play around with the export options to make them smaller within > the desired quality. > > Especially 'resample images to' and the use a resolution your printer > has helps a lot. > > There are other options like under 'Colour': 'Output Intended For' which > have an influence on the size. > > I am able to create out of the same Scribus file PDFs from 2MB to 20MB. > But it took a while for me to understand what setting has which impact. I'll give this a try. -- Michael Eager eager at eagercon.com 1960 Park Blvd., Palo Alto, CA 94306 650-325-8077
