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Subject:Re: another printing query From:Dick Margulis <margulis -at- fiam -dot- net> To:David Chisma <dchisma -at- retaildir -dot- com -dot- au> Date:Tue, 14 Mar 2000 06:20:35 -0500
David Chisma wrote:
>
> You might check whether the document contains tables or graphics with dotted
> lines instead of solid lines. Dotted or dashed lines make both print files
> and PDF files grow like crazy.
>
That is true with _some_ print drivers and with _some_ applications; it
is not universally true.