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pjl@cs.uiuc.edu (Paul Lucas) writes:

>In <37229@cbmvax.commodore.com> kominetz@cbmvax.commodore.com (John Kominetz - CATS) writes:

>>I would like to print documents in MSWorks 3.0 to a postscript file.
>>The Laserwriter printer driver allows you to do this with an option
>>at print-time, but the file for a 1 page document is in excess of 
>>700K.  Since this document was entirely text, I assume that it is 
>>creating bitmaps of the font (Times) and saving the bitmap rather 
>>that the straight text with formatting/font commands.

>>My question is this:  How can I create a postscript file that uses
>>text/font/formatting information rather than bitmaps?  (The system
>>is a Mac LCII running 7.0.1, and there is no printer attached.)
>>Thanks in advance.

>	It's the TrueType software and fonts that cause the file-size
>	explosion; get PSTrimmer from your favorite archive site.
>-- 
>	- Paul J. Lucas				University of Illinois	
>	  AT&T Bell Laboratories		at Urbana-Champaign
>	  Naperville, IL			pjl@cs.uiuc.edu

Try turning off the "Unlimited Downloadable Fonts" option in the Page
Setup... dialog.

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