Tom / Razzak: Very interesting. My question: if you print to a PDF and don't include the Embed parameter at all, is the default on or off?
Karen > Several months ago I had questions about PDF sizes and have played with > them since. Is there some way to determine the 'cost' of using a > parameter? > > For example, I have a 15 page report with lots of stretchable regions > and sub-reports. When it is printed, I keep a PDF copy on line for a > record (A major hat tip to Frank Taylor for the concept from his > conference presentation). I am trying to keep the PDF sizes as small as > possible because there will be 1,000s of these PDFs from all the other > reports we have. > > I played around with the PDF example in HELP which just happens to use > 40 parameters. With Compression Off, the PDF size of the 15 pager is > 1,515KB. With Compression On and MaxCompression On, it drops to 799KB. > But when I turn Embed_Used_Fonts Off, that 799KB size dropped to 55KB, > which is as small as Acrobat could get it. Even with Compression set to > Off, Embed_Used_Fonts Off dropped the original 1,515 size to 189KB. It > seems Embed has a large 'cost' to its use. I can sure pack more 55KB > PDFs than 799KB PDFs on a hard drive. > > The files without Embed work just fine with several viewers, so I simply > turn it Off even though I am not really clear on what Embedding does. > The report uses only one font with multiple sizes and bold. > > Are there other parameters or combinations of parameter that come with a > size or speed cost? Using 5/15 V8. > > Tom Frederick > Jacksonville, IL
