[Kay]

Can anyone help me? I am working on our newletter and usually use Publisher
but I have found I can make the size of the document smaller when I use
photos by using Word. The problem I am having though - my entire document is
only about 24000kb but when I send it to a printer it becomes a massive 175
mb which slows our printer down to about 2 pages a minute instead of the 22
it is capable of. Does anyone know why my document makes this conversion to
the larger size? I checked the printer setting and it does not say "best"
quality so I can't figure it out. I just want to be able to print faster. I
would appreciate anyhelp or if anyone knows how to shrink a document for
printing. Thanks.
--
Kay

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

When you send a document to the printer, it has to be "rasterized"
(converted to a bitmap). You can cut down the size somewhat by using
printer-resident fonts, but in general print spool files are much larger
than the document.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"Kay" wrote in message
...
Can anyone help me? I am working on our newletter and usually use
Publisher
but I have found I can make the size of the document smaller when I use
photos by using Word. The problem I am having though - my entire document
is
only about 24000kb but when I send it to a printer it becomes a massive
175
mb which slows our printer down to about 2 pages a minute instead of the
22
it is capable of. Does anyone know why my document makes this conversion
to
the larger size? I checked the printer setting and it does not say "best"
quality so I can't figure it out. I just want to be able to print faster.
I
would appreciate anyhelp or if anyone knows how to shrink a document for
printing. Thanks.
--
Kay

[Kay]

Thank you Suzanne - can you tell me how to rasterize it?
--
Kay


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

When you send a document to the printer, it has to be "rasterized"
(converted to a bitmap). You can cut down the size somewhat by using
printer-resident fonts, but in general print spool files are much larger
than the document.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Kay" wrote in message
...
Can anyone help me? I am working on our newletter and usually use
Publisher
but I have found I can make the size of the document smaller when I use
photos by using Word. The problem I am having though - my entire document
is
only about 24000kb but when I send it to a printer it becomes a massive
175
mb which slows our printer down to about 2 pages a minute instead of the
22
it is capable of. Does anyone know why my document makes this conversion
to
the larger size? I checked the printer setting and it does not say "best"
quality so I can't figure it out. I just want to be able to print faster.
I
would appreciate anyhelp or if anyone knows how to shrink a document for
printing. Thanks.
--
Kay

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

This happens automatically when you click Print. That is the explanation of
why the print spool file is so large. Instead of being saved in the form of
ASCII text, it is saved as a bitmap picture.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Kay" wrote in message
...
Thank you Suzanne - can you tell me how to rasterize it?
--
Kay


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

When you send a document to the printer, it has to be "rasterized"
(converted to a bitmap). You can cut down the size somewhat by using
printer-resident fonts, but in general print spool files are much larger
than the document.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Kay" wrote in message
...
Can anyone help me? I am working on our newletter and usually use
Publisher
but I have found I can make the size of the document smaller when I
use
photos by using Word. The problem I am having though - my entire
document
is
only about 24000kb but when I send it to a printer it becomes a
massive
175
mb which slows our printer down to about 2 pages a minute instead of
the
22
it is capable of. Does anyone know why my document makes this
conversion
to
the larger size? I checked the printer setting and it does not say
"best"
quality so I can't figure it out. I just want to be able to print
faster.
I
would appreciate anyhelp or if anyone knows how to shrink a document
for
printing. Thanks.
--
Kay