you lost me there. I was with you till the GDI part. Is there an advantage to serializing GDI to EMF? It's probably elementary, but pointers to resources will be greatly appreciated.
-----Original Message----- From: Jeremias Maerki [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 4:52 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [OT] Windows spool file size It can't really be controlled. PDF is a very compact format (it uses a lot of compression). When you print it on Windows a lot of so-called GDI (Graphics Device interface, I think) commands are generated which can be serialized as EMF files (enhanced metafiles). The printer driver converts GDI/EMF to the printer's language (PCL, PS or even GDI directly). These formats are usually a lot bigger than PDF. So the spool file size mostly depends on the printer driver (or printer language) and the size of your document. On 15.03.2004 22:36:39 Prabhat Kumar (IT) wrote: > Does anyone know if the spool file size can be controlled, if at all? > We use FOP to generate PDF reports and a 60KB PDF file generates a spool > file 10 times that size on Windows. What does spool file size depend on? Jeremias Maerki --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
