We are using 7.0.8 Acrobat Professional and we have a situation where our files are spooling to much larger than the original file. For Example, 333kb becomes 6.07 MB. A 17mb file spooled to 86 mb and then crashed. We are printing to HP printers that are using a post script driver. How can we prevent the pdf from spooling so large?
File Spools to huge size when printed
2007-09-26 10:01:26
My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 7.0.8, Windows
Acrobat Pro 7.0.8, Windows
2008-11-06 23:34:25
#2
i have had a similar problem printing PDF made by InDesign on the HP plotters here at IIT in chicago. We use Acrobat 8, and our print coordinator seems to think that printing as opposed to exporting from InDesign to PDF should solve this, but it doesn't. At one time PDFs were so neat and easy to deal with but it seems that the format has become to bloated to be useful as a spool size/print time reducer. Any suggestions before i give up, make JPEGs of my boards (36X100in) and print those instead?
File starts as a 4MB PDF and blossoms to over 56mb inside the plotters spooling software. Keeping the layers and editability is nice but at the expense of printing efficiency?
Adobe needs to decide what the PDF is for and develop a new file type for prepress and efficient printing if necessary as it seems to have become a format for transitioning files from one piece of soft to another and over the internet. What has become of the delightfully simple PDF?
File starts as a 4MB PDF and blossoms to over 56mb inside the plotters spooling software. Keeping the layers and editability is nice but at the expense of printing efficiency?
Adobe needs to decide what the PDF is for and develop a new file type for prepress and efficient printing if necessary as it seems to have become a format for transitioning files from one piece of soft to another and over the internet. What has become of the delightfully simple PDF?
2008-11-07 10:20:38
#3
What version of InDesign are you using and what point version of Acrobat are you running? Both products have fixed numerous issue around printing.
2008-11-12 07:27:20
#4
Working with properly set distiller settings should take care of files that expands a lot in the rip and spool process. As a former IT and Prepress expert at a reprostudio I found it essential that you educate the people that makes PDF files that you are suposed to print. As a basic rule I would say that a user that do not bother to tweek the pre-set settings for PDF producing is not aware of the different demands that professional output demands from a file. The pre-set settings is lovely for producing small size files, but in the printing bussiness we want easy ripped files, a total different kind of file.
OS X Leopard and XP and Vista and all blends of programs and PDF styles.
OS X Leopard and XP and Vista and all blends of programs and PDF styles.
Can you provide more background on your environment (OS, version of PS printer driver, etc.)? Do you experience this problem when you select the "Print as Image" option in the Print menu? Also, have you tried changing the Print Optimizations settings to "Disabled"?
1. Start > Settings > Printers.
2. Choose the Properties from the printer you are using.
3. Select the Printing Preferences button.
4. Select the Advanced tab.
5. Under Document Options, choose Disabled next to Print Optimizations, and then click OK.
6. Select OK to close the printer properties.
Keep us posted,
Lori
Lori Kassuba is an AUC Expert and Community Manager for AcrobatUsers.com.