On 22/08/07, PageStream Support wrote:
> Hi Frank,
> Sorry I hadn't answered you sooner, but you can print a postscript
> file to disk even if you don't have a postscript printer. Just go to
> Print Setup and choose "<PostScript File>"!!
>
> Then process it using something like ghostscript,acrobat, etc
> depending on what you have/have access to.
>
> As mentioned here, the bloat is either embedded fonts or large
> bitmaps. PageStream does not (yet) downsample embedded bitmaps, you
> will have to do that by hand or rely on the postscript file/external
> ps->pdf converter process.
I hope when you do add downsampling it will be optional. It is useful
when making a PDF for screen display to be able to include a high
resolution image that one can zoom into.
>
> For fonts, in latest PageStream release(s) you should have a Font
>; section with a popup labeled "Embedding" with a chopice of None, Not
> Base14 and All. Make sure you use either the first or second. If you
> use normal Windows fonts, and your readers are all Windows users, you
> should be able to safely use None. At least you can try that option to
> see if fonts or bitmaps are the issue for your output.
>
> Your problems with using PDF print drivers is that PageStream is
> rendering a bitmap through them. Not really a pleasant option for
> this.
>
> Deron
>
>
> fjordanrr wrote:
>> Thanks for all of the suggestions, but some of them I've tried before
>> (sort of) with no success.
>>
>>; To go back a bit further. The first issue of the newsletter I create
>> was made using MicroSoft Word (shudder). I then used a 'printer
>> driver' called PDFCreator. The PDF file created was less than 80K.
>>; Since I had used PageStream when I had an Atari ST back in the days,
>> I
>> looked to see if PageStream was still around and it is. I purchased
>> the non-Pro version and my creation of the second issue newsletter
>> became so much easier! I tried using PDFCreator to create the PDF
>> and
>> it was a mess. When opening the PDF thus created, a diagonal redline
>> appears and seems to 'draw' the text and graphics very slowly. It
>> takes 30 to 40 seconds for the first page to be 'drawn' so I
>> abandoned
>> that avenue and went back to using the internal PDF creator, which
>> despite it propensity to make large files does create a PDF that
>;> read
>;> normally in Acrobat Reader.
>>
>>; I did try some other PDF creation printer drivers, but they were no
>> better than PDFCreator.
>>;
>>; As for the Ghostscript, to answer another query, I have Ghostscript
>>; 8.5.4 installed on my system and I use a GUI gs program called
>> GSview
>> by Ghostgum.
>>
>>; I tried installing a postscript printer driver for a physical
>> printer
>> but have it directed to print to a file. The particular printer is
>> specifically the HP Laserjet 4600 PS. From within PageStream. I
>> 'printed' a postscript file then created a PDF file using
>> Ghostscript
>>; through GSview. The result was the same as when I used PDFCreator
>> from within PageStream.
>>;
>>; So, at the moment, I guess I'll have to live with the large PDFs
>;> until
>> Deron can focus his attention back on the Windows version. (hint,
>> hint! :-> )
>>
>>; I won't stop using PageStream since it's so easy to use in the
>> creation of the newsletter. I was just hoping that there was a
>> 'simple' solution in reducing the PDF files I create!
>>
>>; Thanks for all the suggestions and help,
>>
>>; Frank Jordan
>>
>
>
Regards
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Don Cox
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