Publisher postscript files are too large!!

Hi,

I am using MS Publisher 2003 to convert a pub document into a
postscript file. The problem I am having is that the resulting PS
file is huge. For example, a 2mb Publisher file ends up as a 90mb
postscript file.


I know that this should not be the case (or at least, I know that it
can be avoided) because I used Publisher 2003 about six months ago to
convert an almost identical file to PostScript and the file only ended
up as 6mb.


Interestingly, I had to download Microsoft's Generic Color PS because
everytime I tried to save to Postscript using the Adobe PDF printer, it

crashed after about a minute.


Any ideas on what is happening here... and more importantly, how I can
get around it.


Thanks,
Johannes

Stavrogin was very recently heard to utter:
I am using MS Publisher 2003 to convert a pub document into a
postscript file. The problem I am having is that the resulting PS
file is huge. For example, a 2mb Publisher file ends up as a 90mb
postscript file.

Does your file contain high-resolution compressed images or gradient fills?

--
Ed Bennett - MVP Microsoft Publisher

Stavrogin wrote:

Hi,

I am using MS Publisher 2003 to convert a pub document into a
postscript file. The problem I am having is that the resulting PS
file is huge. For example, a 2mb Publisher file ends up as a 90mb
postscript file.


I know that this should not be the case (or at least, I know that it
can be avoided) because I used Publisher 2003 about six months ago to
convert an almost identical file to PostScript and the file only ended
up as 6mb.


Interestingly, I had to download Microsoft's Generic Color PS because
everytime I tried to save to Postscript using the Adobe PDF printer, it

crashed after about a minute.


Any ideas on what is happening here... and more importantly, how I can
get around it.


Thanks,
Johannes

My guess would be two things:

1) You're writing ASCI Postscript
2) You have trapping on

Ok, either is possible I suppose.

How do I shut these things off?

Thanks,
JB

What does the size of the publisher file have to do with the size of
the postscript? If I have a cardboard box that weighs 1/2 pound and I
put a bunch of dumb bells in it, then it should only weigh about 2
pounds right? Your publisher file is the cardboard box.

If you are using images, graphics, fonts etc--all of those things will
be included in the size of the postscript.

How can you get around it? What are trying to do with it? What
information would you like to throw away to make it smaller? Image
quality? Resolution?

Thanks for the response.

I appreciate that the file size of the publisher file has a relation to
the resulting postscript file size. What is perplexing me is that I
have used this file twice (once about 6 months ago, once again now) and
the resulting postscripts are remarkably different sizes.

6 months ago the Postscript file was about 6mb (with the core file
about 2mb). Now the Postscript file is 88mb (with the core file about
2mb).

I am trying to figure out what would be responsible for this
difference.


camramike wrote:
What does the size of the publisher file have to do with the size of
the postscript? If I have a cardboard box that weighs 1/2 pound and I
put a bunch of dumb bells in it, then it should only weigh about 2
pounds right? Your publisher file is the cardboard box.

If you are using images, graphics, fonts etc--all of those things will
be included in the size of the postscript.

How can you get around it? What are trying to do with it? What
information would you like to throw away to make it smaller? Image
quality? Resolution?