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From: sfleming@cs.hw.ac.uk (Stewart Fleming)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: System 7 and PostScript printing to file
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Date: 30 May 91 13:19:16 GMT
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My gripe of the month about System 7 concerns the printing of PostScript to 
disk file rather than directly to an attached printer.  I need do this to 
transfer the file to a Unix box for printing there.

With System 6.0.7 and a document printed from Word 4.0, I get a modest file
size of about 30Kbytes (not including LaserPrep).  The same document printed
under System 7 runs to over 1 megabyte.

The bulk of the PostScript file seems to be taken up with bitmap
representations 
of TrueType fonts.  I presume that when printing directly, the printer
driver
will query the printer for the PostScript equivalents; obviously this is
not
possible with printing to file.  Or does it print using the bitmaps ?

At the moment, the printing facilities of System 7 are usable for me.  Can
anyone suggest a solution for getting smaller file sizes for PostScript printed
to a file, as per 6.0.7 ?

Thanks,
STF
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