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[snipped] >I couldn't imagine life without them either, but they take a long time for >me to print as well. I'm using a 486DX4/100 with 12Mb of RAM, each page takes >10-15 minutes, and dies after 6-10 pages - I then need to exit Windows and >start again. BTW, I'm using a DeskJet 500 with the HP v4.0 drivers. > >Wouldn't it be nice to have 32Mb :-(. > >Nigel. I think the (slow printing) problem is with your printer.... DeskJet as well as BubbleJets(from Canon) are notorious for their lethargic printing. I print my .PDF files on a 486DX100 with 20Mb of RAM on a LaserJet 4 (PostScript) and it comes out as fast (almost) as would be with a text file. The problem is not with the PC memory (although they do help) but that of the printer. Regards, Peter Tiang spam_OUTtiangcfoonTakeThisOuThitachi.com.my

I think the (slow printing) problem is with your printer.... DeskJet as well as BubbleJets(from Canon) are notorious for their lethargic printing. I print my .PDF files on a 486DX100 with 20Mb of RAM on a LaserJet 4 (PostScript) and it comes out as fast (almost) as would be with a text file. Yes and no. PDF is from the same company that developed postscript, and they have enough similarities that a postscript printer does a fine job of printing acrobat (PDF.) For something like a deskjet, I suspect that the only choice is to build a full page bitmap and download it a byte at a time to the printer, which would always be slow... BillW

William Chops Westfield <.....billwKILLspam@spam@CISCO.COM> wrote: > of printing acrobat (PDF.) For something like a deskjet, I suspect that > the only choice is to build a full page bitmap and download it a byte at > a time to the printer, which would always be slow... Perhaps, but I have a Deskjet 850C at home and printing PDF files is fine. Some of the print files are huge (megabytes) but this does not seem to bother it particularly. -- Clyde Smith-Stubbs | HI-TECH Software, | Voice: +61 7 3354 2411 clydeKILLspamhitech.com.au | P.O. Box 103, Alderley, | Fax: +61 7 3354 2422 http://www.hitech.com.au | QLD, 4051, AUSTRALIA. | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- For info on the World's best C cross compilers for embedded systems, point your WWW browser at http://www.hitech.com.au, or email .....infoKILLspam.....hitech.com.au

.PDF files (slow printing) problem DeskJet 500 with the HP v4.0 drivers I am not that familiar with the setup you have, but you might check the Adobe and HP web and FTP sites for the latest versions of software and printer drivers. HP puts out fairly frequent updates to their drivers. Another thing you might check is if Acrobat writes the entire document to a disk file or buffer and then prints, or if each page is printed seperately. I have noticed on some printers that if you print the pages seperately the special fonts have to be downloaded for each page, whereas if you print an entire document the fonts are downloaded to the printer just once. Font files are often incredibly large and slow to transmit to the printer. If all else fails, I suppose you could print to disk, then print the text portions using a printer resident font. John E. Nelson MetaPrax "My opinions are frequently wrong and may be hazardous to health or property."