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We are using 300 dpi and it still prints out very slow. I dont see how anyone ever gets data out of scanned files with printing at this extremely slow speed. Its the coming thing I guess but is a hell of a lot slower than flipping through a paper file.
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Edwin,
Scanned pages will take longer than word files that just contain text, the reason behind this is the amount of information that a scan contains versus the amount of info that a typeface (font) contains. Scans are made of pixels the more pixels or ppi, dpi, then the larger the file and therefore the longer the file will take to 'RIP' and subsequently print. There are a few ways of increasing the time to print. Scan your pages at a lower resolution try starting from 400dpi, scan in bitmap (1bit) not grayscale (8bit), if you are using distiller to create the pdfs lower the downsampling resolution, by trial and error you will find the trade off between the speed and the quality you require. Additionally there is OCR software (other list members will be able to suggest some brands) available that will convert your scans to fonts this will then achieve a speed more likened to the word file processing times you are trying to achieve.
Good Luck
Martin
> -----Original Message----- > From: Edwin H. Bideau III [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 10:29 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [PDF-Basics] Print Out Problems with PDF > > > PDF-Basics is a service provided by PDFzone.com | http://www.pdfzone.com/ > __________________________________________________________________ > > I am having a devil of a time printing out PDF files. We have started > scanning files for legal cases which is working fine but printing out is a > > real trouble. > > We are running HP printers that are 21 PPM fast printers and really kick > out regular word processing files promptly. However, when we try to print > out a PDF file, particularly one that has been Bates numbered, it slows to > > a crawl taking 30 secs or more to send each page over to the printer. > > It is even worse with a networked Konica copy machine/scanner that is > supposed to print at 30 PPM. This machine has all available print memory > you can buy but it seems like it is receiving the PDF file one page at a > time, thinking about it, printing it, shutting down, waking up, getting > the > next page and printing. It is printing maybe 8 PPM max. > > When the computer is sending the file to the printer, particularly if it > is > a long file, it is clogging up the machine and the copy machine/printer > both. Has anyone got any suggestions? We are running 256 memory on each > > of the computers. > > Would appreciate any help available. > > > > > > > Edwin H. Bideau III > Bideau Law Offices, LLC > Chanute, Kansas 66720 > > > > To change your subscription: > http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfbasics.html
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