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Subject:Re: PDFs--how big can you go? From:Max Wyss <prodok -at- PRODOK -dot- CH> Date:Tue, 7 Oct 1997 22:52:48 GMT
Hilary,
there is absolutely no rule of thumb of a connection between the size of
the PS and the size of the PDF file. A lot depends on the kind of document
(amount of graphics, fields, etc.). I once had a 200 MB PS file, 600 pages,
which distilled into a 6 MB PDF (or so); optimized..On the other hand, I am
right now handling hundreds of 3 page PDFs with 80 kB each.
There are several parameters in Distiller which have a big effect on the
resulting file size. There is a difference whether you optimize the file,
whether and how you compress graphics and text, etc.
Properly created PDFs do not take a long time to load; no matter how big
they are. The loading time depends more on how complex your document is.
Hope, this can help.
Max Wyss
PRODOK Engineering AG
Technical documentation and translations, Electronic Publishing
CH-8906 Bonstetten, Switzerland
Fax: +41 1 700 20 37
e-mail: mailto:prodok -at- prodok -dot- ch or 100012 -dot- 44 -at- compuserve -dot- com
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>Does anyone know how large of a postscript file you can distill into a
>PDF? (We're talking *large* as in 50 MB.) Does anyone know of a sort of
>formula you could use to figure out how much memory the resulting PDF
>file will be? For example, a 5 MB postscript will turn into a X MB PDF.
>
>Thanks!
>
>P.S. I am fully aware that large PDFs take a long time to load, are
>unwieldy, blah blah. I still wanna know how big you can go.
>
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