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In <1992Aug11.032203.12426@emr1.emr.ca> knguyen@emr1.emr.ca (Kim Nguyen) writes:

>>There's a CDEV called Trimmer, available the usual places as:
>>                               CP/PS-TRIMMER-101.HQX
>>which pretty well tames those ravenous Postscript files.

>I once tried Trimmer on text or non-text file by choosing (in control panel)
>only one typeface like Helvatica or Monaco. The file is still big. A text file
>50 K becomes 300 K or even greater than that. A non-text file 150 K becomes 700
>K. I often create diagrams with more than 200 K or even 1.2 M and would like to
>use new HP LaserJet(only for pc-man), but ps file is too big to put on floppy.I
>really give up and go back to old LaserWriter.

>Can any friends out there have a magic solution to make the ps file shorter?

Get yourself a copy of info-mac/util/util/dmm-lw-7-stuff-12.hqx (or
info-mac/util/util/dmm-lw-56-stuff-12.hqx if you really have your heart
set on using the old icky driver) from sumex.stanford.edu. This file will
answer all your questions and provide you with a tool to easily make a
modified version of the driver that does just what you want. 

PS. I think you may have used Trimmer backwards. The fonts that are
selected are the ones that *will* be included in the PS output. You should
*unselect* any font that you know is already in the traget printer. That
is, if your document is done with Helvetica and Times, you definitely do
*NOT* want those fonts selected in Trimmer, otherwise the PostScript or
TrueType code for those fonts will be included in your PS output.
Likewise, you should avoid bitmap fonts like Monaco (use Courier instead).