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Subject:Re: ZIP efficiency and file size, Doc vs. PDF From:Goober <techcommgoober -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 19 Aug 2002 10:44:21 -0700 (PDT)
> But why, then, does a 500K PDF take WAYYYY longer to
> print than a 1.5MB
> Word doc? I've always found this to be the case,
> particularly if the PDF
> has many graphics, regardless of file size.
Are fonts embedded? Are you shrinking to fit? Is the
PDF the same as the DOC? Have you changed your job
spooling settings to try to speed it up?
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