[Scribus] Generating PDFs

[Michael Eager]

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.


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