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PostScript is a page-description language that sends printing instructions to a PostScript device. All the elements in a print job (for example, curves and text) are represented by lines of PostScript code that the printing device uses to produce the document. For improved compatibility, you can choose a device-independent PostScript option. You can also select a PostScript Printer Description (PPD) file. A PostScript Printer Description file describes the capabilities and features of your PostScript printer and is available from your printer’s manufacturer.
You can automatically increase the fountain steps in a fountain fill to decrease banding. Increasing the number of steps used to render fountain fills produces smoother shading when printing. To ensure that your print jobs print properly, you can also reduce curve complexity by increasing flatness. Curve flatness determines how smooth a curve appears when printed.
A print job that contains too many fonts may not print properly, and a print job that contains too many spot colors increases file size. You can set the PostScript options to warn you when a print job contains more than a set number of fonts or spot colors.
By default, the printing device driver downloads Type 1 fonts to the printing device. You can disable the Download Type 1 Fonts option so that fonts are printed as graphics (either curves or bitmaps). This may be useful when the file contains many fonts that would take a long time to download or would fail to download because of their file size. Bitmap versions of TrueType fonts look better in small print and print faster than regular fonts. You can choose the maximum number of bitmap fonts that a print job can contain.
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In the Destination area, choose a PostScript printer from the Printer list box. |
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In the Destination area, choose a PostScript printer from the Printer list box. |
Bitmap compression settings can be saved in PostScript Interpreted (PS or PRN) files when you print to a file using a PostScript driver. For information about printing to a file, see To print to a file.
Testing fountain fills for banding applies only to linear fountain fills.
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Enable the Auto increase fountain steps check box. |
Reducing curve complexity can help alleviate printing problems caused by curves that have too many nodes on each curve, but it results in increased printing time.
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Choose Spot color separations warning from the Special settings list. |
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Choose Many fonts (preflight) from the Special settings list, and choose a number from the Setting list box that appears. |
Type 1 fonts can be downloaded only for PostScript devices.
When the Download Type1 fonts check box is enabled, the Convert TrueType to Type1 check box is enabled by default. This ensures that TrueType fonts are converted to Type 1 fonts so that they can be downloaded. Disable the Convert TrueType to Type1 check box only if the output device has difficulty interpreting Type 1 fonts.
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Choose Bitmap font limit (PS) from the Special settings list. |
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