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Subject:Re: PS to PDF: How long to Distill? From:David Chisma <chisma -at- C031 -dot- AONE -dot- NET -dot- AU> Date:Fri, 5 Jun 1998 18:13:13 +1000
Dave Chisma wrote:
I think you've got a problem, Dan. I regularly print 100 to 200+ page
manuals with colour graphics on almost every page.
Printing and Distilling the files at a good resolution (I insist on the
PDF files being identical to the 'real' thing on a 600 dpi laser
printer) typically takes less than 10 minutes. I use a Pentium 150.
On a Windoze PC, I would suspect problems with available disk space or
swap file size. (You probably need 50 to 100 Mb free space for
trouble-free ps production).
Cheers, Dave Chisma
Dan Brinegar wrote:
> Hang on to your hats, Ladies and Gentlemen: I have a question -- not a
> rant
> or poetic pangyric -- just a question.
>
> For those of you who have worked out the process for getting PDFs
> distilled
> so that they print nicely, how long does it take, and what level of
> machine
> are you using?
>
> After determining that PDFwriter just wouldn't cut it on my latest
> masterpiece (88 pages, detailed screenshots & other graphics on almost
>
> every page, hasta look good on yer basic Wal*Mart inkjet printer, 6.1
> MB
> Frame file, 28 MB PostScript), I gathered all the info from my
> TECHWR-L
> archive on Acrobatical Distillation, chunked that in Frame, and
> figured out
> what I needed to do -- then waited twelve hours for Acrobat Distiller
> on my
> poor old Quadra to grind it out -- it prints beautifully, but, well,
> y'know...
>
> *Twelve hours*?
>
> I told the boss "noonish" today... and started at 4am... it was ready
>
> about noon somewhere in the Pacific Ocean, but not in Phoenix...
>
> I tried distilling a smaller file on my Pentium, but it suffered an
> immediate atypical functional impairment which required pulling the
> plug.... [Well... really it just crashed bad]
>
> So how long *does* it take to get to the printable pages of a perfect
> PDF?
>
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