On Tue, 29 Oct 2013 11:43:30 +0100 Rolf-Werner Eilert <eilert-sprachen at t-online.de> wrote:
> Currently I'm working on a little brochure in b/w made for > being printed on our copier. > > When I have gray elements (gray letters or gray polygons) on > the pages, they will print much slower than pages with only > 100 % black elements. The difference is big: instead of > "instant" print, it will take 4 - 8 seconds for the RIP to > make up the page. I know, printing pictures is slower, too. > But here there are only homogeneous gray areas. > > My first thought was, I had cloned some gray colours out of > the CMYK black one (with the K slider to 50, 60, 70 %). Making > RGB colours out of them didn't help, however. > > Is there any way to speed up printing such pages? > > Rolf > > Have you tried saving the file as pdf and then printing that file from e.g., Acrobat Reader or (for Linux) Okular? -- John Culleton Wexford Press Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html PDF e-book: "Create Book Covers with Scribus" available at http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html
