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Word XP on WinXP and Visio2002 (Default printer driver
postscript)
I've been trying to add some Visio diagrams to a Word
document and was appalled by how long it took to print so
I've been doing a bit of an experiment. I saved two Viso
diagrams both in JPG and GIF format and then inserted them
into a blank Word document.
I then looked at the file size of the file and the size of
the print job as it spooled to the printer with the
following results:
JPG format: file size 2000kb; PCL printer 900kb; PS
printer 29000kb!!!
GIF format: file size 500kb; PCL 640kb; PS 43000kb!!!
I then Cut the Visio diagrams from Visio and did a "Paste
Special| Picture" into Word: File size 35kb; PCL too fast
to catch; PS 650kb
Which raises a few questions:
What is the "Picture" format in Paste Special? (Dot what?)
For "Picture" images, size is obviously the Pro, what is
the Con?
Is there any workaround for printing images to a postscipt
printer? (My understanding is that the huge file sizes is
because the printer has to be instructed where to place
every pixel of the image).
Any ref sites would be most apprciated. TIA
postscript)
I've been trying to add some Visio diagrams to a Word
document and was appalled by how long it took to print so
I've been doing a bit of an experiment. I saved two Viso
diagrams both in JPG and GIF format and then inserted them
into a blank Word document.
I then looked at the file size of the file and the size of
the print job as it spooled to the printer with the
following results:
JPG format: file size 2000kb; PCL printer 900kb; PS
printer 29000kb!!!
GIF format: file size 500kb; PCL 640kb; PS 43000kb!!!
I then Cut the Visio diagrams from Visio and did a "Paste
Special| Picture" into Word: File size 35kb; PCL too fast
to catch; PS 650kb
Which raises a few questions:
What is the "Picture" format in Paste Special? (Dot what?)
For "Picture" images, size is obviously the Pro, what is
the Con?
Is there any workaround for printing images to a postscipt
printer? (My understanding is that the huge file sizes is
because the printer has to be instructed where to place
every pixel of the image).
Any ref sites would be most apprciated. TIA